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: english) quiz + cent, teacher asks students who will get cent(100) in the quiz...everyone reamains silent for sometime
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(Tag: ) quiescent=quiet+descent..........lady1:->"What a QUIEt and deSCENT son u have..."...lady2:->"please dont go on his TEMPORARY INACTIVENESS...come to our house some day and u shall realise that he is an active volcano..!!!".......:D
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(Tag: ) quie(quiet)+scent=scent or scence means 'growing' as in aduloscent.so quiescent means GROWING QUITER
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(Tag: ) queue scent for buying a scent a stand in a queue and bcom quiescent
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(Tag: ) It sounds like QUICKSAND, which looks harmless but deadly . A dormant threat .
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(Tag: ) Diesel Accent was quiet and quiescent
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(Tag: ) quiet+sometime....quiet for sometime..dormant
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(Tag: ) qui- quality, e-scent- perfume(in hindi), so, a quality scent stands still on our clothes for hours, hence motionless..
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