stagnation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: economics
sciences
Etymology: From stagnate + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process, or its result), Stagnate is derived from stagnāt-, the participial stem of Latin stagnāre, the present active infinitive of stāgnō (“of waters: to cover the land as a lake, to become a pool, to stagnate”), from stāgnum (“body of standing water (lake, swamp, etc.)”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂g- (“to drip; to seep”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).
Base: stagnate
Affixes: -ation
Inflected forms:
form: stagnations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: Factors known to encourage the growth of harmful bacteria inside cooling systems include the stagnation of the water.
[S]ometimes at the Bottom of the Deep vvaters there ſeem'd to be a ſtagnation of the Sea for a great depth, ſo that till ſuch a height they [divers] could riſe directly upvvards, but that at other heights they vvould be carried avvay by the leſſe deep-vvaters; ſo as to be found vvhen they came to emerge a great vvay off from that point of the ſurface vvhich vvas perpendicular to that place at the Bottom, vvhence they began to aſcend.
If the water runneth, it holdeth clear, sweet, and fresh; but stagnation turneth it into a noisome puddle: […]
The heat was excessive, and unaccountable; not the slightest breath of wind moved in the heavens, or below; no clouds to be seen, and the stars were obscured by a sort of mist: there appeared a total stagnation in the elements.
[A]n actual progress of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic or cardiacal nature, the latter being connected with blood stagnations in the pulmonary vessels.
Large-scale weather conditions known as stagnations (slow-moving high-pressure systems) are characterised by a combination of low wind speed and very limjited vertical mixing. Furthermore, they can last for days, leading to very serious buildups of pollutant concentrations.
gloss: The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
examples: The general concern about industrial stagnation inspired an overhaul of the patent system.
I am now in the sixty-fifth year of my age, and having been the greater part of my days a man of pleasure, the decay of my faculties is a stagnation of my life.
Yes, I have a case. After a month of trivialities and stagnation the wheels move once more.
gloss: The state of being stagnant; (countable) an instance of this.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
uncountable
examples: [T]he Credit Cycle, though guilty of disastrous excesses and grave crimes, has a part to play in a progressive society, and […] an attempt to check it altogether might produce stagnation as well as stability.
Related words: restagnant
restagnate
restagnating
restagnation
stagnance
stagnancy
stagnant
stagnate
stagnative
stagnatory
stagnature
unstagnating
Derived words: semistagnation
stagflation
stagnational
stagnationist
stagnation point
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: amti
lang: Albanian
word: kënétë
lang: Arabic
word: رُكُود
roman: rukūd
lang: Armenian
word: ստագնացիա
roman: stagnacʻia
lang: Armenian
word: լճացում
roman: lčacʻum
lang: Azerbaijani
word: durğunluq
lang: Bulgarian
word: стагнация
roman: stagnacija
lang: Bulgarian
word: бездействие
roman: bezdejstvie
lang: Catalan
word: estancació
lang: Catalan
word: estancament
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 停滯 /停滞
roman: ting⁴ zai⁶
lang: Chinese
word: 停滯 /停滞
roman: thêng-tē
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 停滯 /停滞
roman: tíngzhì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 停滯性 /停滞性
roman: tíngzhìxìng
lang: Czech
word: ustrnutí
lang: Dutch
word: stagnatie
lang: Finnish
word: pysähtyminen
lang: Finnish
word: pysähtyneisyys
lang: Finnish
word: seisahtuneisuus
lang: Finnish
word: stagnaatio
lang: Finnish
word: jähmettyminen
lang: Finnish
word: lamaantuminen
lang: Finnish
word: lamaantuneisuus
lang: Finnish
word: lamaannus
lang: Finnish
word: lamaannustila
lang: Finnish
word: ruususenuni
lang: French
word: stagnation
lang: Georgian
word: უმოქმედობა
roman: umokmedoba
lang: Georgian
word: უძრაობა
roman: uʒraoba
lang: German
word: Stagnation
lang: German
word: Stagnierung
lang: Greek
word: απονέκρωση
roman: aponékrosi
lang: Greek
word: αποτελμάτωση
roman: apotelmátosi
lang: Hebrew
word: סטגנציה
roman: stagnátsia
lang: Hebrew
word: קיפאון
roman: kipaón
lang: Italian
word: stagnazione
lang: Japanese
word: 沈滞
roman: chintai
lang: Japanese
word: 不活発
roman: fukappatsu
lang: Japanese
word: 不振
roman: fushin
lang: Japanese
word: 渋滞
roman: jūtai
lang: Japanese
word: 低迷
roman: teimei
lang: Japanese
word: 停滞
roman: teitai
lang: Japanese
word: 滞り
roman: todokōri
lang: Kazakh
word: тоқырау
roman: toqyrau
lang: Korean
word: 안주
roman: anju
lang: Korean
word: 침체
roman: chimche
lang: Korean
word: 정체
roman: jeongche
lang: Macedonian
word: стагнација
roman: stagnacija
lang: Macedonian
word: застој
roman: zastoj
lang: Malayalam
word: സ്തംഭനാവസ്ഥ
roman: stambhanāvastha
lang: Māori
word: houtetetanga
lang: Māori
word: patekotanga
lang: Māori
word: whakamāraritanga
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: stagnasjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: stagnasjon
lang: Polish
word: stagnacja
lang: Polish
word: bezrybie
lang: Polish
word: marazm
lang: Polish
word: martwica
lang: Polish
word: zastój
lang: Portuguese
word: estagnação
lang: Portuguese
word: marasmo
lang: Portuguese
word: mesmice
lang: Portuguese
word: paralisia
lang: Romanian
word: stagnare
lang: Russian
word: стагна́ция
roman: stagnácija
lang: Russian
word: засто́й
roman: zastój
lang: Spanish
word: estancamiento
lang: Swedish
word: stagnation
lang: Turkish
word: kış uykusu
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كساد
roman: kesad
lang: Ukrainian
word: стагна́ція
roman: stahnácija
lang: Ukrainian
word: засті́й
roman: zastíj
lang: Uzbek
word: turgʻunlik
lang: Vietnamese
word: đình đốn
lang: Vietnamese
word: đình trệ