quiescence
51glacier — glaciered, adj. /glay sheuhr/, n. an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of… …
52slumber — slumberer, n. slumberless, adj. /slum beuhr/, v.i. 1. to sleep, esp. lightly; doze; drowse. 2. to be in a state of inactivity, negligence, quiescence, or calm: Vesuvius is slumbering. v.t. 3. to spend or pass (time) in slumbering (often fol. by… …
53Yuga — /yoog euh/, n. Hinduism. 1. an age of time. 2. any of four ages, the Satya, the Treta, the Dvapara, and the Kali, each worse than the last, forming a cycle due to begin again when the Kali has come to an end. [1775 85; < Skt] * * * Unit of the… …
54anestrus — The period of sexual quiescence between the estrus cycles of mammals; may be: 1) a prolonged period in monestrous animals (dogs) or seasonally polyestrous animals (sheep), or 2) a prolonged period of failure of estrus in mature nonpregnant,… …
55diapause — A period of suspended development [Ingle, 1983]. Extreme state of anaerobic quiescence (seen in encysted embryos of some large bodied branchiopods and eggs or cysts of some copepods) [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. (Subclass Copepoda): A significant… …
56Samadhi (Buddhism) — Main article: Samādhi Part of a series on Buddhism Outline · Portal …
57Dhyāna in Buddhism — Chinese name Traditional Chinese 禪 Simplified Chinese 禅 …
58CROISSANCE (biologie) — La notion de croissance s’est imposée d’abord à l’esprit humain par l’observation de l’augmentation de taille des êtres vivants. Puis l’emploi du mot s’est élargi, soit par application à divers produits de leurs activités ou par métaphore (la… …
59quiescent — quiescent, ente [ kjesɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1911; lat. quiescens, p. prés. de quiescere « se reposer » 1 ♦ Biol., méd. Se dit d un organe au repos ou d un processus temporairement arrêté dans son développement. 2 ♦ Ling. Se dit, dans certaines langues …
60abeyance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. suspension. See end, latency. Ant., renewal, operation. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. suspension, cessation, inaction, intermission, pause, latency, remission, dormancy, quiescence. ANT.:… …
