dormancy
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dormant (ˈdɔːmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | quiet and inactive, as during sleep |
| 2. | latent or inoperative |
| 3. | (of a volcano) neither extinct nor erupting |
| 4. | biology alive but in a resting torpid condition with suspended growth and reduced metabolism |
| 5. | (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) in a sleeping position |
| [C14: from Old French dormant, from dormir to sleep, from Latin dormīre] | |
| 'dormancy | |
| —n | |
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Dormancy
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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dormancy
state of reduced metabolic activity adopted by many organisms under conditions of environmental stress or, often, as in winter, when such stressful conditions are likely to appear.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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Example sentences
Seed dormancy prevents the germination of living seed under conditions that normally promote seed germination.
Without humility, the intellect slips into catatonic dormancy.
It blooms at the end of the rainy season, when many other trees are lapsing into dormancy and no longer making fruit.
Deciduous plants that hung on through the drought will find some respite in dormancy.
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