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quiescent - Dictionary definition and meaning for quiescent

QUIESCENT

(adj.) (pathology) causing no symptoms
"a quiescent tumor"
He was suffering from a quiescent tumor. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) being quiet or still or inactive
The trees were quiescent in the absence of winds. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) not active or activated
"the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
The disease passed into a quiescent phase. -added by naila_inlas
(adj.) marked by a state of tranquil repose
"the quiescent melancholy of the town"
The quiescent melancholy of the town made me fall in love with it. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for quiescent

(Tag: ) quiescent => quies ~ quiet = motionless
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(Tag: ) quies(QUITE)+scent(in hindi shant means quite)..so someone who is quite or shant for a period of time.
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(Tag: ) queue scent for buying a scent a stand in a queue and bcom quiescent
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