stagnationn.
/staɡˈneɪʃən/ 1. The condition of being stagnant; an instance of this.in extended use.1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple III. viii. 112 There appeared a total stagnation in the elements.1913 Times 7 Aug. 8/4 The chances of the stagnation among the teeth of cereal food are enormous... Where coarse stagnation only was possible caries was far less frequent.attributive.1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 167 Thrombi attributed to slowing of the blood current..are called stagnation-thrombi.
a. of water, ice or air.
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the world > matter > liquid > fact of being still or not flowing > [noun]
standing?c1225
tardation1568
stagnancy1659
stagnation1665
restagnation1673
stagnance1850
the world > the earth > water > ice > [noun] > stagnant condition
stagnation1929
1665 M. Nedham Medela Medicinæ 267 The Liquor is vindicated from Putrefaction, and Stagnation, that is to say, defect of motion.
1671 R. Boyle Three Tracts iii. 16 Sometimes at the Bottom of the Deep waters there seem'd to be a stagnation of the Sea for a great depth.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 205 If the water runneth, it holdeth clear, sweet and fresh; but stagnation turneth it into a noisome puddle.
1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 74 Stagnation of air is the sole cause of this Inconvenience in Mines.
1783 J. O. Justamond tr. G. T. F. Raynal Philos. Hist. Europeans in Indies (new ed.) VIII. 82 A plain parcelled out and cut into channels by the stagnations of a small gulph, upon the slope of a low land.
1797 R. Heron Scotl. Described 5 Some of them [i.e. the lakes] are formed by the stagnation of rivers in particular parts of their course.
1829 Chapters Physical Sci. xiv. 147 Hydrostatics..denotes that science which treats of the mechanical properties of all fluids, considered more especially in a state of stagnation.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm I. 518 The chief injury now sustained by the soil of Scotland arises from the stagnation of rain-water upon an impervious subsoil.
1929 Geogr. Rev. 19 256 (heading) The stagnation and dissipation of the last ice sheet.
1943 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 241 97 When the ice finally disappeared, the gravel blanket..would be let down to form kames and hummocky gravel deposits such as have commonly been taken as indicators of general ice stagnation.
1973 R. J. Price Glacial & Fluvioglacial Landforms viii. 207 When stagnation of a valley glacier occurs, glacial erosion ceases.
b. Physiology of blood, sap, etc. in a living body.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered pulse or circulation > [noun] > reduction or stoppage of blood
stagnation1707
immeability1731
haemostasis1842
venostasis1931
1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 65 They are subject to a Stagnation of Blood.
1816 T. A. Knight in Trans. Hort. Soc. London (1817) 2 200 The stagnation in the branches and stock of a portion of that sap, which [etc.].
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 193 The causes of thrombosis consist either in stagnation of the blood, or in changes in the wall of the vessel.
2. figurative. Unhealthy absence of activity, energy, etc. Also spec. in Economics, an absence or low rate of growth.
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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
society > trade and finance > management of money > management of national resources > [noun] > political economy > states or trends of the economy
inflation1821
economic cycle1832
recovery1843
downdraught1852
perfect competition1853
downturn1858
softness1872
slump1888
downtrend1890
sag1891
under-consumption1895
recession1905
downdrift1906
economic recession1908
air pocket1913
stickiness1913
trough1916
deflation1920
downswing1922
slowdown1922
scissors1924
scissors crisis1925
uptrend1926
reflation1932
depresh1933
upswing1934
stagnation1938
countercycle1944
fiscal cliff1957
turn-down1957
stagflation1965
soft landing1973
slumpflation1974
downer1976
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 260. ⁋1 The Decay of my Faculties is a Stagnation of my Life.
1732 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 249 There will be a kind of Stagnation of all Business.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 448 Such a collection of books as secured the mind from stagnation.
1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 359 In an empire like Turkey..we see everywhere—neglect, stagnation, and decay.
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) I. 441 The dulness and stagnation of a French country town.
1938 A. H. Hansen Full Recovery or Stagnation xx. 319 It ought to appear incongruous..to follow a chapter on secular stagnation with one on inflation.
1938 A. H. Hansen Full Recovery or Stagnation xx. 319 Paradoxical though it be, the more we sink into deep stagnation with vast unemployment of labor and resources, the more imminent is the danger of inflation.
1965 J. L. Hanson Dict. Econ. 362/2 Stagnation thesis, the belief that in advanced economies saving might be so great as to make the maintenance of full employment difficult.
1972 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. CII. Suppl. No. 7. p. 4 Whereas the adoption of the I.M.F. prescriptions had apparently led to stagnation in Argentina.
1974 M. B. Brown Econ. of Imperialism ix. 224 Concentration..would be discouraged in periods of rapid economic growth and encouraged during stagnation or slump.
Compounds
stagnation point n. Aeronautics a point on the leading edge of a moving aerofoil at which the air is at rest relative to the aerofoil.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > plane or aerofoil > point where airflow is smooth or broken
burble point1918
stagnation point1926
1926 H. Glauert Elem. Aerofoil & Airscrew Theory ii. 14 Consider first the pressure which occurs at a stagnation point, where the fluid is brought to rest at the nose of the body.
1955 Sci. Amer. Oct. 126/3 At what is called the ‘stagnation’ point, just in front of the model, the streamline splits in two, one half flowing around each side of the obstruction.
1979 Bertin & Smith Aerodynamics for Engineers vii. 269 We see that the temperature of the air at the stagnation point is sufficiently high that we could not use an aluminum structure.
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