Stagnation

Definitions

1. The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.
   uncountable
2. The state of lacking flow or motion, usually causing a lack of freshness or health; (countable) an instance of this.
   uncountable
3. The state of lacking activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactivity, staleness; (countable) an instance of this.
   figuratively, uncountable
4. The state of low or no growth in an economy; (countable) an instance of this.
   figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

29 more languages

العربيةالركودركودركود اقتصادي

Българскизастояване

Bosanskistagnacijazastojзастојстагнацијастатика+ 2 more

Catalàestancacióestancament

Češtinaustrnutí

Cymraegllonyddwch

Danskdødvande

Ελληνικάαπονέκρωσηαποτελμάτωση

Esperantostagnado

Suomilamaannuslamaantuneisuuspysähtyneisyysruususenuniseisahtuneisuusseisetilaseisominenstagnaatio+ 5 more

עבריתקיפאון

हिन्दीगतिहीनता

Hrvatskistagnacijazastojзастојстагнацијастатика+ 2 more

Italianoristagnostagnamentostagnazione

日本語ふしんよどみ不振不活発低迷停滞沈滞淀み渋滞滞り澱み+ 8 more

Қазақ тілітоқырау

한국어스태그네이션안주정체침체+ 1 more

Malagasyhandrona

Македонскизастојстагнација

മലയാളംനിശ്ചലത

Nederlandsstagnatie

Polskibezrybiemarazmstagnacjazastój+ 1 more

Portuguêsestagnaçãoestagnação econômica

Românănemișcarestagnație

Русскийвялостьзастойстагнация

Српскиstagnacijazastojзастојстагнацијастатика+ 2 more

Svenskastagnering

Türkçekış uykusu

Українськазастійзасті́йстагна́ціястатика+ 1 more

Examples

“Factors known to encourage⟳ the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include⟳ the stagnation of the water.”

“[S]ometimes at the Bottom of the Deep vvaters there ſeem'd to be a ſtagnation of the Sea for a great depth, ſo that till ſuch a height they [divers] could riſe directly upvvards, but that at other heights they vvould be carried avvay by the leſſe deep-vvaters; ſo as to be found vvhen they came to emerge⟳ a great vvay off from that point⟳ of the ſurface vvhich vvas perpendicular to that place⟳ at the Bottom, vvhence they began to aſcend.”

“If the water runneth, it holdeth clear, sweet, and fresh; but stagnation turneth it into a noisome puddle: […]”

“The heat was excessive, and unaccountable; not the slightest breath of wind moved in the heavens, or below; no clouds to be seen, and the stars were obscured by a sort⟳ of mist: there appeared a total stagnation in the elements.”

“[A]n actual progress⟳ of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have⟳ their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic or cardiacal nature, the latter being connected with blood stagnations in the pulmonary vessels.”

“Large-scale weather conditions known as stagnations (slow-moving high-pressure systems) are characterised by a combination of low wind speed⟳ and very limjited vertical mixing. Furthermore, they can last⟳ for days, leading to very serious buildups of pollutant concentrations.”

“The general concern⟳ about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.”

“I am now in the sixty-fifth year of my age, and having been the greater part of my days a man of pleasure, the decay of my faculties is a stagnation of my life.”

“Yes, I have⟳ a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move⟳ once more.”

“[T]he Credit Cycle, though guilty of disastrous excesses and grave crimes, has a part to play⟳ in a progressive society, and […] an attempt⟳ to check it altogether might produce⟳ stagnation as well as stability.”

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