dormancy
IPA: dˈɔrmʌnsi
noun
- The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
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Examples of "dormancy" in Sentences
- The high schooler was a doctor in dormancy.
- The prior volcanos had periods of dormancy.
- The Fargo Moorhead Jets are approved for dormancy.
- This was followed by 109 years of dormancy or quiescence.
- Thus dormancy is a state of the seed, not of the environment.
- Eggman revives the antihero Shadow the Hedgehog from dormancy.
- This dormancy form enables the organism to rapidly dehydrate itself.
- These forms of dormancy are also known as cryptobiosis or quiescence.
- Below this temperature, the vines are usually in a period of dormancy.
- Brumation is an example of dormancy in reptiles that is similar to hibernation.