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quiescent period

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quiescent period [kwē′es·ənt ¦pir·ē·əd]
(communications)
Resting period, or the period between pulse transmissions.


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Rather than having the user reconstruct an entire series of images at different phases within the cardiac cycle, this feature automatically locates the most quiescent period during that heartbeat and reconstructs an image of the heart at that point.
One of the primary lessons of 1998 and 2007 is that returns can be correlated because collections of trades (or strategies) are sometimes financed from a common pool of capital, even though returns to the strategies have low correlations during quiescent periods.
This capacity plays a central role in the shaman's visionary experience, in a hypnotized person's focus on an internally generated environment, and the quiescent periods of meditation.
 
 
 
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