English-Thai Dictionary

quiescent

ADJ ซึ่ง สงบ  quiet inactive calm sueng-sa-ngob

 

quiescently

ADV อย่างสงบ  yang-sa-ngob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUIESCENT

a.[L. quiescens.] 1. Resting being in a state of repose; still: not moving; as a quiescent body or fluid.
2. Not ruffled with passion; unagitated; as the mind.
3. Silent; not sounded; having no sound; as a quiescent letter. Sow mow, with w quiescent; say, day, with y quiescent.

 

QUIESCENT

n.A silent letter.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUIESCENT

Qui *es "cent, a. Etym: [L. quiescens, -entis, p. pr. of quiescere: cf. F. quiescent. See Quiesce. ]

 

1. Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving; as, a quiescent body or fluid.

 

2. Not ruffed with passion; unagitated; not in action; not excited; quiet; dormant; resting. In times of national security, the feeling of patriotism. .. is so quiescent that it seems hardly to exist. Prof. Wilson.

 

3. (Gram. )

 

Defn: Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day " and "say. "

 

QUIESCENT

QUIESCENT Qui *es "cent, n. (Gram. )

 

Defn: A silent letter. M. Stuart.

 

QUIESCENTLY

QUIESCENTLY Qui *es "cent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a quiescent manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quiescent

qui es cent |kwēˈesnt, kwī -kwiˈɛsnt | ▶adjective in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy: strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent | quiescent ulcerative colitis. DERIVATIVES qui es cence noun, qui es cent ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin quiescent- ‘being still, ’ from the verb quiescere, from quies ‘quiet. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

quiescent

quiescent |kwɪˈɛs (ə )nt, kwʌɪ -| ▶adjective in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy: strikes were headed by groups of workers who had previously been quiescent. DERIVATIVES quiescence noun, quiescently adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin quiescent- ‘being still ’, from the verb quiescere, from quies ‘quiet ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quiescent

quiescent adjective the volcano is in a quiescent state: inactive, inert, idle, dormant, at rest, inoperative, deactivated, quiet; still, motionless, immobile, passive. ANTONYMS active.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quiescent

quiescent adjective the volcano is in a quiescent state: inactive, inert, latent, fallow, passive, idle, at rest, inoperative, deactivated, in abeyance, quiet; still, motionless, immobile, stagnant, dormant, asleep, slumbering, sluggish, lethargic, torpid. ANTONYMS active.

 

Spanish Dictionary

quiescente

quiescente adjetivo formal Que está quieto pudiendo tener movimiento propio :no sabía en qué consistía aquella inquietud, aquella implantación inquieta y no quiescente del hombre entre las demás cosas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quiescent

qui es cent /kwiés (ə )nt, kwaɪ -/形容詞 ｟かたく ｠(一時的に )〈活動が 〉静止した ; 〈病気が 〉沈静期の .～ly 副詞