quiescencyn.
/kwɪˈɛsnsi/, /kwʌɪˈɛsnsi/, U.S. /kwaɪˈɛsənsi/, /kwiˈɛsənsi/ = quiescence n.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun]
sleepc897
restc1175
passibilityc1485
slumber1554
cessation1603
quiescence1625
torpor1626
quiescency1629
inaction1638
inactivity1640
vacation1644
unactiveness1647
non-acting1648
passiveness1648
requiescence1654
unactivity1654
inertness1661
passivity1667
inactiveness1678
unaction1698
stagnation1711
supinity1725
immechanism1740
inertion1756
repose1757
lifelessness1833
stagnancy1837
unawakenedness1879
stasis1920
1629 A. Top Bk. Prayses (new ed.) sig. Dv That hee might rest in the favour of God, his rock and stay, redemption, sole quiescency and rely.
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 70 When the Animal Spirits are in Quiescency.
1749 W. Sewel Large Dict. Eng. & Dutch (ed. 4) 386/1 Quiessence, quiescency.
1828 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 126/2 Quiescency is an essential requisite to the union of similar substances.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 79/2 Much of this quiescency induces debility.
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 465 His Godhead..was in a state of quiescency during his humiliation.
1932 Helena (Montana) Independent 22 Apr. 2/2 After nearly three years of quiescency, Mooney's conviction again became a national issue.
1989 Basic Appl. Histochem. 33 325 At the end of the expansion, epidermis enters a phase of quiescency and is not affected by dysplastic processes.
2002 V. Marra & D. Mundici in J. Martínez Ordered Algebraic Structures: Proc. Gainesville Conf. 2001 57 After some decades of relative quiescency, MV-algebras are today intensely investigated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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