quiescence
The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
During the McCarthy years, many advertisers and radio and television stations were effectively coerced into quiescence and blacklisting of employees by the threats of determined Red hunters to boycott products.
The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
(microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
(entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
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