dormant


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dormant
adj. inactive, inert, latent, sleeping, sluggish

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Dormant
Dormant, "sleeping", may refer to:

Science
  • Dormancy in an organism's life cycle
  • Dormant volcano, a volcano that is inactive but may become active in the future

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dormant

Adjective
1. of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano"
(synonym) inactive
(antonym) extinct, inactive
(similar) quiescent
(attribute) dormancy, quiescence, quiescency
2. lying with head on paws as if sleeping
(synonym) dormant(ip), sleeping
(similar) unerect
(classification) heraldry
3. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
(synonym) hibernating(a), torpid
(similar) asleep(p)
(classification) biology, biological science
4. not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
(similar) inactive


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dormant
adj. dormant, inactive, sleeping
 
dormir
v. be asleep, sleep, slumber

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dormant
příd.jm. nečinný