quiescence
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quiescence
- /kwiˈɛsəns/
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From quiescent + -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies.
noun quiescences
- The state of being quiescent; dormancy. 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 state of 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. I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence.
- The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
- In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
- In computer chess algorithms, the property of a position that is relatively stable and not liable to be disrupted by a winning tactical move.
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noun The state of being quiescent
| Русский | покой pokoj, неподвижность nepodvižnostʹ |
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title = {quiescence},
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