quiescence
IPA: kwaɪˈɛsʌns
noun
- The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
- Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
- The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
- (microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
- (entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
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Examples of "quiescence" in Sentences
- The quiescence of volcano relieves people.
- It suffered a long period of quiescence in 1931.
- Anestrus is the period of reproductive quiescence.
- Quiescence and advection dominated accretion flow.
- I strive for quiescence of body, mind and intention.
- The system fades back to quiescence in a few months.
- This was followed by 109 years of dormancy or quiescence.
- Hence everything is tending towards a goal of spiritual quiescence.
- These forms of dormancy are also known as cryptobiosis or quiescence.