The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
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.
The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse environmental conditions, which, unlike diapause, does not involve physiological changes.
The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.