Quiescence

Quick meaning: Quiescence is a noun meaning The state of being quiescent; dormancy.

Meaning

The state of being quiescent; dormancy.

More Meanings

1. Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
2. The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
3. (microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
4. (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.

Example Sentences

I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence.

Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place.

The man does not theologize; he does not contemplate; he does not envision the full possibilities of the occasion. His one act is belly-oriented, and it is an act of quiescence, not of initiative.

Word Forms

• quiescences

Synonyms for quiescence

Depending on context, synonyms include dormancy, quiescency, sleeping.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quiescency, dormancy, sleeping, acquiescence, connivance, quiesence.

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