quiescence

Definition

The state of being quiescent; dormancy.

Etymology

From quiescent + -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies.

Example Sentences

• "Old Faithful is sometimes degraded by being made a laundry. Garments placed in the crater during quiescence are ejected thoroughly washed when the eruption takes place."
• "I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence."