Quiescent

Word QUIESCENT
Character 9
Hyphenation qui es cent
Pronunciations /ˈkwaɪ̯.ɛsn̩t/

Definitions and meanings of "Quiescent"

What do we mean by quiescent?

Quiet, still, or inactive. synonym: inactive. adjective

Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord. adjective

Having little or no sunspot activity. adjective

Asymptomatic. adjective

Resting; being in a state of repose; still; not moving: as, a quiescent body or fluid.

In philology, silent; not sounded; having no sound: as, a quiescent letter.

In biology, physiologically inactive or motionless; resting, as an insect in the chrysalis state, or an encysted amœba.

In philology, a silent letter. noun

A silent letter. noun

Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving. adjective

Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. adjective

Not sounded; silent.” adjective

Inactive, at rest, quiet. adjective

(pathology) causing no symptoms adjective

Not active or activated adjective

Being quiet or still or inactive adjective

Marked by a state of tranquil repose adjective

Inactive, quiet, at rest.

Not sounded; silent.

Non-proliferating.

Some stupid word JLR made up for POE class Urban Dictionary

1- A female of any sexual affiliation who has lesbian feelings that are intentionally abandoned (and sometimes, re-abandoned) with the intention never to act upon her sapphic tendencies. 2- An inactive lesbian, out or closeted. 3- A bisexual female with intentionally repressed lesbian desires and actions who may or may not refer to herself as heterosexual. Pronounciation: qwee-ess-unt saf-ist Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Quiescent

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The word "quiescent" in example sentences

So – how long will the people of Azerbaijan remain quiescent? ❋ Unknown (2009)

So - how long will the people of Azerbaijan remain quiescent? ❋ Unknown (2009)

It can be challenging for therapy to kill nondividing cells sometimes referred to as quiescent cells. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In summary, our findings suggest that the Cdk4-p16Ink4a pathway regulates the long-term quiescent state of β-cells within islets and of potential progenitors within the pancreatic ductal epithelium ( ❋ Unknown (2010)

In both sexes, organs up to this time quiescent, that is, as to any functional action, take on rapidly an independent life, assert their own character, and take up their peculiar work. ❋ Anna Callender Brackett (N/A)

The unpointed consonant-text can be made essentially clearer by writing "plene", i.e., by using the so-called quiescent letters (matres lectionis). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Twice she attempted to rise and interrupt him, but Sir Roger Kirkpatrick having fixed his eyes on her with a menacing determination to prevent her, she found herself obliged to remain quiescent. ❋ Unknown (1875)

She lay absolutely crushed, in a kind of quiescent hysterics, tortured. ❋ Unknown (2003)

No one was surprised to see the Mother Superior in the cloister so early, for she was often the first to rise and almost always the last to go to rest; the novices said that the little white volcano never slept at all, but was only 'quiescent' during a part of the night. ❋ Unknown (1881)

Like most other adult stem cells, blood stem cells maintain a resting, or "quiescent," state when they are not differentiating or self-renewing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Imatinib mesylate (Gleevec) has become known as a wonder drug that has dramatically improved the treatment of CML, yet patients can relapse because the disease often lurks in the "quiescent" or dormant stem cells. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Almost all capital in use may be converted into productive capital, and hence, the former might be called quiescent capital, and the latter working capital. ( ❋ Wilhelm Roscher (1855)

But the clerical leadership's current position is also an extension of its quiescent posture toward successive autocratic regimes, analysts say. ❋ Matt Bradley (2011)

Some suggested that the quiescent demotion of writers and journalists is too close for comfort with union-busting in Wisconsin-- even if others are waiting in line, desperate to take their places. ❋ Alison Rose Levy (2011)

The average school seems empowered only to teach the minimum necessary to produce quiescent, docile employees who can work for minimum wage at fast food franchises. ❋ Larry MacDonald (2011)

“By day, Southwark Manor appears deserted, except for those you call thralls, and they are in a greatly subdued state, almost quiescent as it were, neither moving nor taking note of anything that goes on around them.” ❋ Lucy Weston (2011)

But when Muslims in Kashmir and other parts of India are victims of terrorism in pogrom-like attacks or excessive use of state force, Washington has been quiescent. ❋ Unknown (2011)

[Quiescent] ❋ Ben Rover (2017)

She's [happily married] and attracted to John Doe, in a [heterosexual relationship], while she is also a quiescent sapphist. Isabella told her fiance that she preferred to identify as a heterosexual who is also a quiescent sapphist. [Lillian] is a lesbian who chooses to live a celibate life and to completely reject her lesbian thoughts, desires, feelings, making no actions toward them, while at the same time admitting that they remain there, albeit dormant. Gio is bisexual, but stifles her lesbian tendencies while admitting that she does in fact have lesbian desires. ❋ Junetopia (2010)

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