1. quiescent - Noun
2. quiescent - Adjective
3. quiescent - Adjective Satellite
Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.
Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting.
Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
A silent letter.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe peer review system is satisfactory during quiescent times, but not during a revolution in a discipline such as astrophysics, when the establishment seeks to preserve the status quo. Hannes Alfvén
Those of us who decided to work for democracy in Burma made our choice in the conviction that the danger of standing up for basic human rights in a repressive society was preferable to the safety of a quiescent life in servitude. Aung San Suu Kyi
You have a voice, which has been perhaps been quiescent on matters economic because you have in the past deferred to the authority of the economist. There is no reason to remain quiet. Steve Keen
a quiescent tumor Source: Internet
the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation Source: Internet
the quiescent melancholy of the town Source: Internet