QUIESCE - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[v] become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

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	Synonyms:	hush, pipe down, quiet, quiet down, quieten

	Antonyms:	louden

	See Also:	change intensity

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.] To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. --M. Stuart.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	To render quiescent, i.e. temporarily inactive or disabled. For example to quiesce a device (such as a digital modem). It is also a system command in MAX TNT software which is used to "Temporarily disable a modem or DS0 channel". Also used as an adjective, in the expression "quiesce time".