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quiescence

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10 lettersPronunciation /kwiˈɛsəns/Part of speech nounSorted cceeeinqsuStarts with QEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. quiet and inactive restfulness

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

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

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