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Quiescent

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Adjective

1. quiescent

not active or activated

Example Sentences:
'the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation'

2. quiescent

marked by a state of tranquil repose

Example Sentences:
'the quiescent melancholy of the town'

3. quiescent

being quiet or still or inactive

4. quiescent

(pathology) causing no symptoms

Example Sentences:
'a quiescent tumor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Quiescent

see synonyms of quiescent
adjective
quiet, inactive, or dormant

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Quiescent

see synonyms of quiescent
adjective
quiet; still; inactive

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Quiescent

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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.

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