different between estivation vs hibernation

English

Noun

estivation (countable and uncountable, plural estivations)

1. Alternative spelling of aestivation
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Building

     On the under story , towards the garden , let it be turned to a grotto , or place of shade , or estivation

Anagrams

• anti-Soviet, antisoviet, evitations, novitiates

French

Pronunciation

Noun

estivation f (plural estivations)

1. estivation

Further reading

• “estivation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• hybernation (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin hibern?tus, from hibern?, from h?bernus (“winter”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ha?.b???ne?.??n/, [?ha?.b???ne?.?n?]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ha?.b???ne?.??n/, [?ha?.b??ne?.?n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

hibernation (countable and uncountable, plural hibernations)

1. (biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.

   Coordinate term: aestivation (summer inactivity)

2. (biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
3. (computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.

   Synonym: suspension to disk

   Coordinate terms: sleep mode, standby, suspension to memory

See also

• torpor

Related terms

• hibernate

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

hibernation f (plural hibernations)

1. hibernation (all senses)