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hibernations

hibernations is the plural of hibernation.

Meaning of hibernation

Noun

hibernation (countable and uncountable, plural hibernations)

  1. (sleep) A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.
    • The bears are in hibernation.
  2. (sleep) A hypothetical state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in humans during long space flights.
  3. 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.
    Synonyms:
    suspension to disk

Questions about hibernations

What is hibernations the plural of?
Hibernations is the plural of hibernation.

Words near hibernations in the dictionary

  1. hibernating
  2. hibernating gland
  3. hibernating glands
  4. hibernation
  5. hibernational
  6. hibernations
  7. hibernator
  8. hibernators
  9. hibernatory
  10. Hibernensis
  11. Hibernia

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