See quiescent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "ru",
"english": "inactive, motionless",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepodvížnyj",
"sense": "Inactive, at rest, quiet",
"word": "неподви́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "calm",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spokójnyj",
"sense": "Inactive, at rest, quiet",
"word": "споко́йный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Inactive, at rest, quiet",
"word": "quiescente"
}
],
"word": "quiescent"
}
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