Definition of stagnant. Meaning of stagnant. Synonyms of stagnant

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Definition of stagnant

Stagnant
Stagnant Stag"nant, a. [L. stagnans, -antis, p. pr. of stagnare. See Stagnate.] 1. That stagnates; not flowing; not running in a current or steam; motionless; hence, impure or foul from want of motion; as, a stagnant lake or pond; stagnant blood in the veins. 2. Not active or brisk; dull; as, business in stagnant. That gloomy slumber of the stagnant soul. --Johnson. For him a stagnant life was not worth living. --Palfrey.

Meaning of stagnant from wikipedia

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- Stagnant Pools are an American two-piece band from Bloomington, Indiana, United States, who have been compared to acts such as Sonic Youth and Joy Division...
- Ripple on Stagnant Water (traditional Chinese: 死水微瀾; simplified Chinese: 死水微澜), also translated as Ripples Across Stagnant Water, and Ripples on Dead Water...
- Lid tectonics, commonly thought of as stagnant lid tectonics or single lid tectonics, is the type of tectonics that is believed to exist on several silicate...
- events develop under warm high-pressure systems, where conditions are stagnant and there is little vertical and horizontal air movement. When there is...
- Blind loop syndrome, also known as stagnant loop syndrome, is a state that occurs when the normal bacterial flora of the small intestine proliferates to...
- Economic stagnation is a prolonged period of slow economic growth (traditionally measured in terms of the GDP growth), usually accompanied by high unemployment...
- with high crime rates, bureaucratic corruption, narcotrafficking, and a stagnant economy. Many state-owned industrial enterprises were privatized starting...
- quickly expanded into a country-wide condemnation of sectarian rule, a stagnant economy and liquidity crisis, unemployment, endemic corruption in the public...
- sub-surface waters (up to three orders of magnitude in some locations). The stagnant film model is a mathematical model used to simulate the sea surface microlayer...