Meaning of DORMANCY
| Pronunciation: | | 'dormunsee
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- [n] quiet and inactive restfulness
- [n] a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction
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| | Synonyms: | | quiescence, quiescence, quiescency, quiescency, sleeping |
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| | See Also: | | aestivation, ease, estivation, hibernation, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, relaxation, repose, rest, slumber, vegetation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Dor"man*cy\, n. [From {Dormant}.]
The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.
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| | Definition: | | A period in which a plant does not grow, awaiting necessary environmental conditions such as temperature, moisture, nutrient availability, etc. |
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| | Definition: | | A period in which a plant does not grow, awaiting necessary environmental conditions such as temperature, moisture, nutrient availability. |
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| | Related Terms: | | a wise passiveness, abeyance, apathy, catalepsy, catatonia, cold storage, contemplation, contemplative life, deadliness, deathliness, delitescence, doldrums, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, entropy, hibernation, idleness, immobility, inaction, inactiveness, inactivity, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, intermission, interruption, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, languor, latency, latent content, latent meaningfulness, latentness, lotus-eating, lull, meditation, motionlessness, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, noninvolvement, nonparticipation, nonresistance, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, passivity, policy, possibility, potentiality, procrastination, quiescence, quiescency, quietism, stagnancy, stagnation, standpattism, stasis, suspense, suspension, torpor, underactivity, vegetation, virtuality, vis inertiae, vita contemplativa, waiting game, watching and waiting |
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