quiescence

The state of being quiescent; dormancy.

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.

The man does not theologize; he does not contemplate; he does not envision the full possibilities of the occasion. His one act is belly-oriented, and it is an act of quiescence, not of initiative.

Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.

The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.

I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence.

The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.

In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.