Noun
The act or state of hibernating.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
A hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action. Ralph Ellison
One year of life is worth more than twenty years of hibernation. Anthony de Mello
he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years Source: Internet
According to a water treatment expert, cooling systems should be put into hibernation rather than partially, or completely, shut off when not in use to minimise growth of Legionella bacteria. Source: Internet
Although not the only parameter, the changing length of the photoperiod ('daylength') is the most predictive environmental cue for the seasonal timing of physiology and behavior, most notably for timing of migration, hibernation, and reproduction. Source: Internet