'Quiescent' definitions:
Definition of 'quiescent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
adjective
Marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town"
adjective
Being quiet or still or inactive
adjective
(pathology) causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"
Definition of 'Quiescent'
From: GCIDE
- Quiescent \Qui*es"cent\, n. (Gram.) A silent letter. --M. Stuart. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Quiescent'
From: GCIDE
- Quiescent \Qui*es"cent\, a. [L. quiescens, -entis, p. pr. of quiescere: cf. F. quiescent. See Quiesce.]
- 1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. [1913 Webster]
- In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism . . . is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Gram.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say." [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'quiescent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abeyant,
- abiding,
- at a standstill,
- at rest,
- calm,
- changeless,
- cloistered,
- constant,
- contemplative,
- continuing,
- cool,
- do-nothing,
- dormant,
- durable,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- echoless,
- enduring,
- even-tenored,
- firm,
- fixed,
- frozen,
- halcyon,
- hush as death,
- hushed,
- idle,
- immobile,
- immutable,
- impassive,
- inactive,
- inaudible,
- inert,
- intact,
- inviolate,
- isolated,
- laissez-aller,
- laissez-faire,
- lasting,
- lurking,
- meditative,
- moldering,
- motionless,
- mousy,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- noiseless,
- pacific,
- paralytic,
- paralyzed,
- passive,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- permanent,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- placid,
- potential,
- procrastinating,
- quiet,
- quietist,
- quietistic,
- remaining,
- reposeful,
- reposing,
- restful,
- resting,
- rigid,
- secluded,
- sedentary,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- sheltered,
- silent,
- smooth,
- solid,
- soundless,
- stable,
- stagnant,
- stagnating,
- standpat,
- static,
- stationary,
- staying,
- steadfast,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillish,
- stilly,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- subaudible,
- subsiding,
- sustained,
- torpid,
- tranquil,
- unactive,
- unagitated,
- unaltered,
- unarticulated,
- unchangeable,
- unchanged,
- unchanging,
- unchecked,
- undestroyed,
- undisturbed,
- unfading,
- unfailing,
- unhearable,
- unmoved,
- unperturbed,
- unpronounced,
- unruffled,
- unshifting,
- unsounded,
- unstirring,
- untroubled,
- unuttered,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unvocalized,
- unvoiced,
- vegetable,
- vegetative,
- waning,
- whist