Quiescent
adjective
In a state of rest, not active.
The volcano has been quiescent for hundreds of years.
Often appears as...
- quiescent period
- quiescent state
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Calm, peaceful.
He sat in a quiescent mood by the river.
Often appears as...
- quiescent mood
- quiescent moment
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
adjective
In a state of rest, not active.
The volcano has been quiescent for hundreds of years.
Often appears as...
- quiescent period
- quiescent state
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Calm, peaceful.
He sat in a quiescent mood by the river.
Often appears as...
- quiescent mood
- quiescent moment
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Latent Potential
Quiescent describes something that’s temporarily inactive but may become active again.
Scientists monitor the quiescent volcano for any signs of awakening.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Usage
Commonly used in scientific contexts, like biology or geology, to describe inactivity.
The disease remains quiescent in the carrier with no visible symptoms.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Permanent
'Quiescent' does not mean something has stopped forever, just for now.
The quiescent machinery will roar to life during the next production cycle.
Pro Tip 1/3Latent Potential
Quiescent describes something that’s temporarily inactive but may become active again.
Scientists monitor the quiescent volcano for any signs of awakening.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Usage
Commonly used in scientific contexts, like biology or geology, to describe inactivity.
The disease remains quiescent in the carrier with no visible symptoms.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Permanent
'Quiescent' does not mean something has stopped forever, just for now.
The quiescent machinery will roar to life during the next production cycle.
Pro Tip 1/3Latent Potential
Quiescent describes something that’s temporarily inactive but may become active again.
Scientists monitor the quiescent volcano for any signs of awakening.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific Usage
Commonly used in scientific contexts, like biology or geology, to describe inactivity.
The disease remains quiescent in the carrier with no visible symptoms.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Permanent
'Quiescent' does not mean something has stopped forever, just for now.
The quiescent machinery will roar to life during the next production cycle.
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Video examples
The Curious Life of a...
all of it's maneuvers, it records all the things that are felt, all the bounces on the surface, everything, everything eight days later drives off, touches a rock and it's memory got full. And once its memory got full, the computer wouldn't boot up. And we actually told it to erase it's memory, threw all of that stuff through quiescent space away.
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Why sleep matters now...
mind being tired that is preventing your body from falling asleep how do we think about changing those well as I mentioned you know the hot bath effect can help meditation they'll has also been proven to be very useful meditation that actually tries to shift you over into that more quiescent state of the nervous
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How a fly flies -...
sophisticated behaviors such as such as flight and one of the lessons we've been learning is that the physiology of cells that we've been studying for many years in quiescent flies is not the same as the physiology of those cells when the Flies actually engaged in active behaviors like flying and walking and so
Video examples
The Curious Life of a...
all of it's maneuvers, it records all the things that are felt, all the bounces on the surface, everything, everything eight days later drives off, touches a rock and it's memory got full. And once its memory got full, the computer wouldn't boot up. And we actually told it to erase it's memory, threw all of that stuff through quiescent space away.
Video examples
Why sleep matters now...
mind being tired that is preventing your body from falling asleep how do we think about changing those well as I mentioned you know the hot bath effect can help meditation they'll has also been proven to be very useful meditation that actually tries to shift you over into that more quiescent state of the nervous
Video examples
How a fly flies -...
sophisticated behaviors such as such as flight and one of the lessons we've been learning is that the physiology of cells that we've been studying for many years in quiescent flies is not the same as the physiology of those cells when the Flies actually engaged in active behaviors like flying and walking and so
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Quote examples
John Edgar Wideman
American Writer
I don't understand why black people have been so quiescent, so passive over the hundreds of years of American history. Why hasn't there been more violence, more armed struggle? I know answers to some of that, but it seems to me it's an issue of faith, an abiding faith in some sort of great beyond, or great spirit, or even in the American dream.
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Ramana Maharshi
Indian Philosopher
Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for rendering the mind quiescent.
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Bryant H. McGill
American Author
True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.
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John Edgar Wideman
American Writer
I don't understand why black people have been so quiescent, so passive over the hundreds of years of American history. Why hasn't there been more violence, more armed struggle? I know answers to some of that, but it seems to me it's an issue of faith, an abiding faith in some sort of great beyond, or great spirit, or even in the American dream.
Quote examples
Ramana Maharshi
Indian Philosopher
Like the practice of breath control, meditation on the forms of God, repetition of mantras, food restrictions, etc., are but aids for rendering the mind quiescent.
Quote examples
Bryant H. McGill
American Author
True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.
Example 1 of 3
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