QUIESCENT
\kwɪˈɛsənt], \kwɪˈɛsənt], \k_w_ɪ__ˈɛ_s_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of QUIESCENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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being quiet or still or inactive
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not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
By Princeton University
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being quiet or still or inactive
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not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
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Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
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A silent letter.
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Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in day and say.
By Oddity Software
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Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
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Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
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A silent letter.
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Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in day and say.
By Noah Webster.
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A silent letter.
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Resting; being in a state without motion; calm; unruffled, as the mind; silent; not sounded, as a letter.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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