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quiescent

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qui·es·cent  (kw-snt, kw-)
adj.
Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive. See Synonyms at latent.

[Latin quiscns, quiscent-, present participle of quiscere, to rest, from quis, quiet; see quiet.]

qui·escence n.
qui·escent·ly adv.

quiescent [kwɪˈɛsənt]
adj
quiet, inactive, or dormant
[from Latin quiescere to rest]
quiescence , quiescency n
quiescently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.quiescent - not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
inactive - not exerting influence or change
2.quiescent - marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town"
quiet - characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"
3.quiescent - being quiet or still or inactive
dormant, inactive - (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
4.quiescent - (pathology) causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"
pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
inactive - (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

quiescent
Translations
quiescent [kwaɪˈesnt] ADJ (frm) → inactivo, quieto
quiescent
adjruhig, still
quiescent [kwɪˈɛsnt] (frm) adj (person, passive) → passivo/a; (quiet) → tranquillo/a; (symptoms, disease, problem) → latente
in a quiescent state → allo stato latente
quiescent minorities → le minoranze per ora silenziose


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[1] After a student has received his ribbon, he is "free"; he can cease from fighting, without reproach--except some one insult him; his president cannot appoint him to fight; he can volunteer if he wants to, or remain quiescent if he prefers to do so.
They may scorn cash now; but let some months go by, and no perspective promise of it to them, and then this same quiescent cash all at once mutinying in them, this same cash would soon cashier Ahab.
On these lonely hills and dales her quiescent glide was of a piece with the element she moved in.
 
 
 
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