Quiescent
81Low dropout regulator — A low dropout or LDO regulator is a DC linear voltage regulator which can operate with a very small input output differential voltage. The main components are a power FET and a differential amplifier (error amplifier). One input of the… …
82Iddq testing — is a method for testing CMOS integrated circuits for the presence of manufacturing faults. It relies on measuring the supply current (Idd) in the quiescent state (when the circuit is not switching and inputs are held at static values). The… …
83Ito cell — Ito cells, also known as hepatic stellate cells, lipocytes, or fat storing cells, are pericytes found in the perisinusoidal space (a small area between the sinusoids and hepatocytes) of the liver. The stellate cell is the major cell type involved …
84sun — sunlike, adj. /sun/, n., v., sunned, sunning. n. 1. (often cap.) the star that is the central body of the solar system, around which the planets revolve and from which they receive light and heat: its mean distance from the earth is about 93… …
85Vesuvius — /veuh sooh vee euhs/, n. Mount, an active volcano in SW Italy, near Naples. Its eruption destroyed the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum A.D. 79. ab. 3900 ft. (1190 m). * * * Active volcano, eastern side of the Bay of Naples, southern… …
86dormant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. torpid; quiescent. See latency, inactivity. Ant., active. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sleeping] Syn. torpid, somnolent, quiescent, lethargic; see asleep . 2. [Inactive] Syn. inoperative, inert, in… …
87Quiescence — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Quiescence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 rest rest Sgm: N 1 stillness stillness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 quiescence quiescence Sgm: N 1 stagnation stagnation stagnancy Sgm: N 1 fixity fixity …
88latent — adjective his latent skills Syn: dormant, untapped, unused, undiscovered, hidden, concealed, underlying, invisible, unseen, undeveloped, unrealized, unfulfilled, potential •• latent, abeyant, dormant, quiescent, potential All of these words refer …
89latent — latent, dormant, quiescent, potential, abeyant are comparable when meaning not now manifest or not evincing signs of existence or activity. Latent implies concealment and is applied to what is present without showing itself {latent energy} {a… …
90dormancy — noun 1. a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy • Syn: ↑quiescence, ↑quiescency • Derivationally related forms: ↑quiescent (for: ↑quiescency), ↑ …
