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What (who) is quiescent - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Quiescent; Quiescence (disambiguation)
quiescent
Someone or something that is quiescent is quiet and inactive. (LITERARY)
...a society which was politically quiescent and above all deferential.
ADJ
• quiescence
...a long period of quiescence.
N-UNCOUNT
quiescent
a.
1.
Quiet, resting, still, motionless, at rest, at a stand, stock-still, standing still.
2.
Quiet, still, placid, calm, unagitated, undisturbed, tranquil, serene, unruffled.
3.
Silent.
quiescent
[kw?'?s(?)nt, kw??-]
¦ adjective in a state or period of inactivity.
Derivatives
quiescence noun
quiescently adverb
Origin
C17: from L. quiescent-, quiescere 'be still', from quies 'quiet'.
Wikipedia
Quiescence
Quiescence (/kwiˈɛsəns/) is a state of quietness or inactivity. It may refer to:
- Quiescence search, in game tree 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 G0 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
Examples of use of quiescent
1. Hampstead may be seething, but Wigan is quiescent.
2. Since then the southerners have been fairly quiescent.
3. Not one cabinet member protests, no backbencher resigns the whip, trade unionists are quiescent.
4. European and U.S. markets were relatively quiescent, with low volatility and a mixed performance.
5. Wall Street was closed for the July 4 holiday, and turnover at home was low as foreign investors stayed quiescent.