quiescent
41quiescent — a. resting; dormant. ♦ quiescence, ♦ quiescency, n …
42quiescent — A temporary suspension or reduction in the rate of activity or growth, while retaining the potential to resume prior activity. Applies particularly to cell division. See: dormancy …
43quiescent — A general term for a system waiting to be operated, as a valve ready to amplify or a gas discharge tube to fire …
44quiescent — adj. 1 motionless, inert. 2 silent, dormant. Derivatives: quiescence n. quiescency n. quiescently adv. Etymology: L quiescere f. quies QUIET …
45QUIESCENT, ENTE — adj. T. de Grammaire hébraïque Il se dit des Lettres qui ne se prononcent pas. Lettres quiescentes …
46quiescent carrier transmission — One for which the carrier is suppressed in the absence of modulation …
47quiescent current — A current in an active device in the absence of a driving or modulating signal …
48quiescent operating point — The steady stats operating conditions of a valve or transistor in its working circuit but in the absence of any input signal …
49quiescent period — That period between pulses in a pulse transmission …
50quiescent push-pull amplifier — (QPP) Thermionic valve or transistor amplifier, in which one side alone passes current for one phase, the other side passing current for the other phase …