Crossword clues for quiescence
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quiescence \Qui*es"cence\, Quiescency \Qui*es"cen*cy\, n. [L.
quiescentia, fr. quiescens, p. pr.; cf. F. quiestence. See
Quiesce.]
The state or quality of being quiescent. ``Quiescence, bodily
and mental.''
--H. Spencer.
Deeds will be done; -- while be boasts his quiescence.
--R. Browning.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, from Latin quiescentia, from quiescere (see quiescent).
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being quiescent; dormancy. 2 Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless. 3 The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state. 4 (context microbiology English) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division. 5 (context entomology English) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
WordNet
n. a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" [syn: dormancy, quiescency]
quiet and inactive restfulness [syn: quiescency, dormancy, sleeping]
Wikipedia
Quiescence (/kwiˈɛsəns/) is a state of quietness or inactivity. It may refer to:
- Quiescence search, in Game searching (adversarial search) in artificial intelligence, a quiescent state is one in which a game is considered stable and unlikely to change drastically the next few plays
- Seed dormancy, a form of delayed seed germination
- Quiescent Phase, the first part of the first stage of childbirth.
- The G phase of a cell in the cell cycle; quiescence is the state of a cell when it is not dividing
- Quiescent current (biasing) in an electronic circuit
- Quiescent consistency is one of the safety properties for concurrent data structures
Usage examples of "quiescence".
There came a moment of quiescence during which strange, extramundane senses probed the surroundings with what might have been surprise, interest, or cold speculation.
Homochon elements sank back into quiescence and the machinery of the body began to reassociate itself with mental control, there always came this period of supreme enlightenment.
Homochon elements sank back into quiescence and the machinery of the body began to reassociate itself with the mind, came this period of supreme revelation.
Homochon elements sank back into quiescence and the machinery of the body reassociated itself with the mind, came this period of supreme revelation.
Perhaps this outburst of light was an unprogrammed, random spasma last dying gasp of machines that were responding wildly to the warmth of a new sun, and would soon lapse again into quiescence, this time for ever.
The summary punishment inflicted on the condemned was sufficient to cow even bolder men than the Raiders, and they were frightened into at least quiescence.
In this case, if the animal is killed at the end of the fall, we have, at first sight, just the characteristics of a cycle of actions embodying desire, namely, restless movement until the ground is reached, and then quiescence.
It lay on the eastern verge of an enormous forest of cryptomeria and pine within which the Shinto temple blossomed like some other-worldly flora whose grace of design, quiescence and natural humility instantly bewitched the Colonel's mind, speaking to him more eloquently than even the country's finest speakers the eternalness and dignity of the Japanese spirit.
I expect the suicide attempt will bring it back into focus for a while, but then a period of quiescence can be expected as the vultures of the fourth estate feast on new carrion.
At the very moment of bouncing, its speed reduced, the corpuscles that basically composed it lengthened according to the laws of the Lorentz-FitzGerald contraction theory -- at that instant of almost quiescence, the fury of the Sun's rays was blotted out by the disintegrators.
After the first flurry of Affront Orbital and cruise ship takeovers with no obvious Culture military reply but talk of a mobilisation taking place (frustratingly, almost entirely beyond the news services' perceptions), the war seemed to have entered a period of relative quiescence.
He was aware of the quiescence of his resting body as a glow of self-enjoyment, but the desire to sleep had vanished.