Quiescent

a.	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.) Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
n.	1.	(Gram.) A silent letter.

Adj.	1.	quiescent - not active or activated; "the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation"
	2.	quiescent - marked by a state of tranquil repose; "the quiescent melancholy of the town"
	3.	quiescent - being quiet or still or inactive
	4.	quiescent - causing no symptoms; "a quiescent tumor"

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