Meaning & use
Quiescence
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A state of stillness, inactivity, or dormancy, especially a temporary one.
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After the volcano's quiescence of thirty years, scientists were startled by the sudden tremors.
The garden fell into winter quiescence, waiting for spring to return.
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Quiescence is often used in scientific writing, describing everything from dormant volcanoes to inactive cells or genes, and comes from the Latin "quiescere," meaning "to become quiet."
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dormancystillnessinactivity
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