quiescence

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The state or quality of being quiescent or inactive; rest; repose; inactivity; the state of a thing without motion or agitation: as, the quiescence of a volcano.

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In philology, silence; the condition of not being heard in pronunciation: as, the quiescence of a letter.

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In biology, quietude or inactivity; a state of animal life approaching torpidity, but in which the animal is capable of some motion, and may receive food: it is observed among insects during either hibernation or pupation, and in many other animals both higher and lower in the scale than these.

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The state or quality of being quiescent.

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The state of being quiescent; dormancy.

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Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.

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The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.

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When a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.

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a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction

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quiet and inactive restfulness