quiescent

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qui·es·cent

(kwē-ĕs′ənt, kwī-)

adj.

1. Quiet, still, or inactive. See Synonyms at inactive.

2. Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord: "We tend to think of the decades following the final overthrow of Napoleon as remarkably quiescent" (Walter McDougall).

3. Astronomy Having little or no sunspot activity.

4. Medicine Asymptomatic: a quiescent infection.

[Latin quiēscēns, quiēscent-, present participle of quiēscere, to rest, from quiēs, quiet; see quiet.]

qui·es′cence n.

qui·es′cent·ly adv.

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quiescent

(kwɪˈɛsənt)

adj

quiet, inactive, or dormant

[C17: from Latin quiescere to rest]

quiˈescence, quiˈescency n

quiˈescently adv

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qui•es•cent

(kwiˈɛs ənt, kwaɪ-)

adj.

being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.

[1600–10; < Latin quiēscent-, s. of quiēscēns, present participle of quiēscere to rest; see -ent]

qui•es′cent•ly, adv.

qui•es′cence, qui•es′cen•cy, n.

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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

adjective quiet, still, peaceful, calm, resting, smooth, silent, serene, tranquil, dormant, latent, motionless, placid, undisturbed, inactive, unruffled, unmoving, in abeyance, unagitated a quiescent seaside town

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quiescent

adjective

Existing in a temporarily inactive form or state:

abeyant, dormant, inactive, latent, sleeping.

Translations

ruhig

quiescente

calme paisible tranquille

calma calmo

quiescent

[kwaɪˈesnt] ADJ (frm) → inactivo, quieto

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quiescent

adj → ruhig, still

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quiescent

[kwɪˈɛs/ənt] (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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qui·es·cent

a. quiescente, en estado de reposo; inactivo-a.

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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.

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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.

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On these lonely hills and dales her quiescent glide was of a piece with the element she moved in.

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Just as in the mechanism of a clock, so in the mechanism of the military machine, an impulse once given leads to the final result; and just as indifferently quiescent till the moment when motion is transmitted to them are the parts of the mechanism which the impulse has not yet reached.

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Adrienne said this with her hands resting on her lap in quiescent despair.

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This dream, in which I was quiescent and which was more like a condition than an experience of action, I dreamed very often in my early childhood.

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The great buildings round the hollow yard were as dreary and tumbledown as ever, but over the old garden-wall the straggling rose-bushes were beginning to toss their summer weight, and the gray wood and old bricks of the house, on its higher level, had a look of sleepy age in the broad afternoon sunlight, that suited the quiescent time.

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Still all was quiescent; no marshalling of forces, no saddling of steeds and dashing off in pursuit, no talk of retribution for their repeated outrages.

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Lady Bertram was perfectly quiescent and contented, and had no objections to make.

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A hungry animal is restless until it finds food; then it becomes quiescent. The thing which will bring a restless condition to an end is said to be what is desired.

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It was but of brief continuance, however; soon leaving him in a quiescent, and, to judge by his countenance, not an uncomfortable state.

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For some minutes after she had gone Ralph lay quiescent, resting his head on his hand, but gradually his eyes filled with thought, and the line reappeared on his brow, as the pleasant impression of companionship and ancient sympathy waned, and he was left to think on alone.