Quiescence

Quiescence (/kwiˈɛsəns/) is a state of quietness or inactivity. It may refer to:


 * Quiescence search, in game tree searching (adversarial search) in artificial intelligence, a quiescent state is one in which a game is considered stable and unlikely to change drastically the next few plays
 * Seed dormancy, a form of delayed seed germination
 * Quiescence, a type of dormancy in trees
 * Quiescent phase, the first part of the first stage of childbirth
 * The G0 phase of a cell in the cell cycle; quiescence is the state of a cell when it is not dividing
 * Quiescent current (biasing) in an electronic circuit
 * Quiescent consistency is one of the safety properties for concurrent data structures