All abeyant synonyms
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A a adjective abeyant
- delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- latent — present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential: latent ability.
adj abeyant
- dormant — lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
- inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
- inoperative — not operative; not in operation.
- quiescent — being at rest; quiet; still; inactive or motionless: a quiescent mind.
- sleeping — the state of a person, animal, or plant that sleeps.
- suspended — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.