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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quiescent /kwɪˈɛs(ə)nt, kwʌɪ-/

▶adjective in a state or period of inactivity.

– derivatives
quiescence noun,
quiescently adverb.

– origin C17: from L. quiescent-, quiescere ‘be still’, from quies ‘quiet’.

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