Hibernation Definition

hībər-nāshən
noun

(biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in animals during winter.

Wiktionary

(computing) A standby state which conserves power without losing the contents of memory.

Wiktionary

(space science) To put a spacecraft in a state of minimum power consumption.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Hibernation

Noun

Singular:
hibernation
Plural:
hibernations

Origin of Hibernation

  • From Latin hibernatio.

    From Wiktionary

Hibernation Sentence Examples

  • There was little hibernation in the town often called the Switzerland of America.

  • For safety during hibernation and moulting, book-scorpions spin a small spherical cocoon.

  • I just saw her come out of hibernation.

  • The hibernation of these rodents is only partial, and confined to seasons of intense cold.

  • In Europe and North America the continued existence of species is ensured by the hibernation of impregnated females, or else the winter is passed in the egg or occasionally in the larval state.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to hibernation using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

HHIHIB

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

hibernation

Words Starting With H and Ending With N

Starts With H & Ends With NStarts With HI & Ends With NStarts With H & Ends With ON

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With H11 Letter Words Ending With N