Associations to the word «Quiescent»

Wiktionary

QUIESCENT, adjective. Inactive, at rest, quiet.
QUIESCENT, adjective. (grammar) Not sounded; silent.
QUIESCENT, adjective. (cell biology) Non-proliferating.

Dictionary definition

QUIESCENT, adjective. Not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation".
QUIESCENT, adjective. Marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town".
QUIESCENT, adjective. Being quiet or still or inactive.
QUIESCENT, adjective. (pathology) causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King