Definitions of quiescent

1. A silent letter.

2. Quiescently.

3. being quiet or still or inactive

4. not active or activated; " the quiescent level of centimeter wave- length solar radiation"

5. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.

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

7. Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in day and say.

8. Reposing or resting; calm; silent; still.

9. Being quiet, resting: still: unagitated: silent.

10. At rest; quiet; silent.

11. Being in a state of repose.

12. Resting free from anxiety.

13. Resting; being in a state without motion; calm; unruffled, as the mind; silent; not sounded, as a letter.