Quiescence
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Quiescence (kwē-ĕs-ənts) a Latin derived English language noun referring to a state of being quiet, still, at rest, dormant, inactive; as an adjective, "a quiescent mind."
Quiescence may refer to:
- Computer server administration, particularly pertaining to backup issues. Backups of databases and filesystems represent the state of a collection of information at a particular point in time. Often, administrators prefer to back up a quiescent system in which all pending database or file transactions have been committed.
- The G0 phase of a cell in the cell cycle; quiescence is the state of a cell when it is not dividing
- The "rest" state of a cell; neurons, for example, are quiescent when not firing and sarcomeres are quiescent when not contracting
- In behavioral neuroscience, quiescence refers to a behavior where an animal is vigilant but relaxed and immobile. This may be related to a recuperative response after an encounter with a predator
- The inactive period of time for dormant volcanoes
- An electronic amplifier or filter is said to be in a quiescent state if no voltage is being applied to its inputs.
- A quiescent prominence is a long, sheet-like prominence of relatively cool solar material that hangs nearly vertically to the Sun's surface for days or months
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