dormancy

  • 11dormancy — sėklų ramybės periodas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Laiko tarpas po derliaus nuėmimo, per kurį sėkloms yra būdingas mažesnis daigumas ir nedidelė dygimo energija. atitikmenys: angl. dormancy rus. период покоя cемян …

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  • 12dormancy — dormant ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of an animal) in or as if in a deep sleep. 2) (of a plant or bud) alive but not growing. 3) (of a volcano) temporarily inactive. DERIVATIVES dormancy noun. ORIGIN Old French, sleeping , from Latin dormire to sleep …

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  • 13dormancy — noun 1. a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy • Syn: ↑quiescence, ↑quiescency • Derivationally related forms: ↑quiescent (for: ↑quiescency), ↑ …

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  • 14dormancy — noun Date: 1789 the quality or state of being dormant …

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  • 15dormancy — n. [L. dormire, to sleep] A period of inactivity or suspended animation usually referable to adverse environmental conditions, but can be genetically controlled …

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  • 16dormancy — noun Quiet and inactive restfulness, the state of being dormant; quiescence …

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  • 17dormancy — dor·man·cy (dorґmən se) [L. dormire to sleep] 1. the state of being dormant. 2. in bacteriology, the property exhibited by some bacteria, and especially by bacterial spores, of remaining viable for an extended time with minimal physical or… …

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  • 18dormancy — Synonyms and related words: a wise passiveness, abeyance, apathy, catalepsy, catatonia, cold storage, contemplation, contemplative life, deadliness, deathliness, delitescence, do nothing policy, do nothingism, do nothingness, doldrums, entropy,… …

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  • 19dormancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being temporarily inactive: abeyance, abeyancy, intermission, latency, quiescence, suspension. See ACTION …

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  • 20dormancy — dor·man·cy || dɔːmÉ™nsɪ n. hibernation; state of inactivity …

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