quiescence

Meanings

Plural: quiescences

Noun

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

Synonyms

dormancy, quiescency, sleeping