Definition of "quiescence" []

• 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)
• When a cell is in a term of no growth and no division. (noun)

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• "Seeing society's behavior, which ranges from sheer panic to quiescence, is downright creepy."
• "Repairing this damage would require at least a decade of relative quiescence, which is nowhere in sight."
• "But as a greater torpor follows this exhaustion of sensorial power, as explained in the next paragraph, and a greater exertion succeeds this torpor, the constitution frequently sinks under these increasing librations between exertion and quiescence; till at length complete quiescence, that is, death, closes the scene."