hibernation
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- hybernation (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Latin hibernātus, from hibernō, from hībernus (“winter”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃən/, [ˌhaɪ.bəːˈneɪ.ʃn̩]
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/, [ˌhaɪ.bɚˈneɪ.ʃn̩]
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
hibernation (countable and uncountable, plural hibernations)
- (biology, sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
- Coordinate term: aestivation (summer inactivity)
- The bears are in hibernation.
- The bears come out of hibernation in March.
- (biology, sleep, space science) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
- (computing) A standby state which conserves power by writing the contents of the memory to disk and completely power off the computer, in order that one will resume the session from the disk.
- Synonym: suspension to disk
- Coordinate terms: sleep mode, standby, suspension to memory
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Translations edit
(biology) state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression during winter
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(biology, space) hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans
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(computing) standby state which conserves power
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See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hibernation f (plural hibernations)
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Further reading edit
- “hibernation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.