quiescence
Significado (Inglés)
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
- (countable, uncountable) Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
- (countable, uncountable) The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
- (countable, uncountable) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
- (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.
Conceptos
Sinónimos
idle state
quiescent condition
noislessness
condition of rest
stationary state
Traducciones
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/kwiˈɛsəns/
Etimología (Inglés)
From quiescent + -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies.
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