quiescent

quiescent
adj.
See quiet.

QUIESCENT

[Vid: QUIET]: to be quiet quiescere.

quiescent: at rest (esp. in physics, e. g. "a q. medium," Newton's Opticks): expr. gen. by quĭescens: cf. quiescentes aquae (standing waters, opp. to flowing), Plin. 13, 11, 22: v. QUIET: (AT) REST: STILL.