dormancy

[ dawr-muhn-see ]

/ ˈdɔr mən si /

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noun

the state of being dormant.

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Origin of dormancy

First recorded in 1780–90; dorm(ant) + -ancy

Words nearby dormancy

dork, Dorking, Dorkland, dorky, dorm, dormancy, dormant, dormer, dormeuse, dormie, dormient

How to use dormancy in a sentence

Laid during the fall to hatch the next spring, the eggs’ shells are coated with a thick layer of wax to prevent them from drying out during their long dormancy.
Biologists successfully hatched gene-edited ticks for the first time|Shi En Kim|February 16, 2022|Popular-Science
The volcano may now return to a period of dormancy after releasing its fury.
What the Tonga volcano’s past tells us about what to expect next|Carolyn Gramling|January 21, 2022|Science News
In March 2012, unusually warm temperatures in Michigan caused vegetation to emerge from dormancy early, but then were subsequently destroyed by freezing weather in April.
Every season except summer is getting shorter, a sign of trouble for people and the environment|Kasha Patel|September 22, 2021|Washington Post
The trees need that chill to induce dormancy, a frost-free spring to let the blossoms bloom and bees pollinate — though sour cherry trees are also self-pollinating.
This sour cherry pie is summer’s ultimate dessert|Daniela Galarza|July 13, 2021|Washington Post

Microbes surviving for millions of years in deep dormancy upend evolution.
Preserving a Sense of Wonder in DNA - Issue 92: Frontiers|Virat Markandeya|October 28, 2020|Nautilus
Instead, he found that they developed erratically and sometimes experienced periods of dormancy before reawakening.
How Big Pharma Holds Back in the War on Cancer|ProPublica|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The result was a long dormancy in which many Democrats became uncomfortable with open expressions of faith.
How My Party Found God|Mike McCurry|December 15, 2008|DAILY BEAST
It has now to be shewn that the germs of disease also retain their vital powers in a state of dormancy during a lengthened period.
Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease|John Grove
The activity of the plague in London in 1563 made up for its dormancy in the years preceding.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)|Charles Creighton
A distinction of great importance from a physiological and a practical point of view is made between rest and dormancy in plants.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association
Men wonder at mummy-wheat germinating after a thousand years of dormancy.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1893|Various
In the locality of my study racers spend approximately half the year in winter dormancy.
Natural History of the Racer Coluber constrictor|Henry S. Fitch

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