different between hibernation vs firedog

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)

English

Alternative forms

• fire dog

Etymology

fire +? dog

Noun

firedog (plural firedogs)

1. (archaeology) A Bronze Age artifact used in worshipping either bulls or the moon, or as a holder for wooden logs to be used in a fire altar.
2. (chiefly US) Either of a pair of horizontal metal supports for holding logs in a fireplace.

Synonyms

• (support for holding logs): andiron

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