quiescent [ kwee-ES-uh’ nt, kwahy- ]
[ adjective ]
MEANING :
1. inactive, motionless or quiet
2. not showing symptoms or causing any trouble
USAGE EXAMPLE 1 :
He was a quiescent child who loved to daydream.
USAGE EXAMPLE 2 :
But the 662-mile-wide (1,066-kilometer-wide) moon hasn't always been quiescent. Billions of years ago tectonic forces produced an enormous rift similar to the East African Rift Valley on Earth, Nimmo said.
National Geographic, Icy Moon Tethys Had Ancient Underground Ocean, Richard A. Lovett, March 24, 2008
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