quiescence
- Noun. The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
- Noun. Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
- Noun. The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
- Noun. (microbiology) When a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
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