different between quiescence vs quiescency
quiescence
English
Etymology
quiescent +? -ence, or borrowed from Latin quiescentia, from quiescens, present participle of quiesco, from quies.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwi??s?ns/
Noun
quiescence (countable and uncountable, plural quiescences)
- The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
- Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
- The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a quiescent state.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
- I pray you, Salviatus, to tell me ... the cause of the Pendulum's quiescence.
- 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
- (microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
- (entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
References
- quiescence at OneLook Dictionary Search
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quiescency
English
Etymology
From Latin quiescentia
Noun
quiescency (uncountable)
- Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest
Usage notes
- Classified by Garner as a "needless variant" of quiescence: Garner's Modern American Usage, Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
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