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stagnation [stag′nā·shən] (hydrology) The condition of a body of water unstirred by a current or wave. The condition of a glacier that has stopped flowing. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The complexity of Petersburg, as a rule, had a stimulating effect on him, rousing him out of his Moscow stagnation. Owing to occasional retrogressions, to still more frequent moral and intellectual stagnation, and to the extraordinary fecundity of the Criminal and Vagabond Classes, there is always a vast superfluity of individuals of the half degree and single degree class, and a fair abundance of Specimens up to 10 degrees. It was a stagnation in which, full of pity for him, Anne of Austria would not have willingly left him; but in order to attract the attention of the sick man by some brilliant stroke, she must have either won or lost. |
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