quiescence

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
  5. (countable, uncountable) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.

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/kwiˈɛsəns/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From quiescent + -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies.

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