Associations to the word «Quiescence»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

QUIESCENCE, noun. A state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy".
QUIESCENCE, noun. Quiet and inactive restfulness.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin