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 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 See also Rest (disambiguation)