- a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
- inactivity of liquids; being stagnant; standing still; without current or circulation
- (stagnate) stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
- cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
- (stagnate) idle: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
- Period of stagnation, also known as Brezhnevian Stagnation (or Brezhnev stagnation), the Stagnation Period, or the Era of Stagnation, refers to a period of economic stagnation under Leonid Brezhnev in the history of the Soviet Union that started in the mid-1970s.
- (stagnate) To cease motion, activity, or progress; to come to rest; to cease to advance or change; to become idle or cease to flow
- (Stagnate) When something stops improving. Also used when a plan is not developing anymore.
- (stagnating) the stage in a relationship that finds communication between the parties at a standstill.
- Lack of motion in a mass of air or water that holds pollutants in place.
- a blockage or buildup of qi or blood that prevents it from flowing freely. Is a precursor of illness and disease and is frequently accompanied by pain or tingling.
- Stagnation is the in situ melting of glacier ice. Many glaciers have stagnant termini, covered by thick sediment debris. Some support vegetation, including mature forests. Source: Bruce Molnia
- A period of slow economic growth, or, in securities trading, a period of inactive trading.
- This term refers to a negative level of economic growth - the economy shrinking. If this only happens in the short-term it may be called a recession, but if it lasts longer, then it may be referred to as stagnation.
- With respect to air pollution, stagnation is the persistence of a given volume of stable air over a region, resulting in an abnormal buildup of pollutants from sources within the region.
- A time period in which there is either little or no economic growth, p152.
- a state of inactivity leading to decay.
- Stability in growth is a goal of the private-enterprise system. This means that there aren't any drastic changes in prices and the economy is moving forward at an acceptable rate. ...
- A state of being in which matter is free from movement or lacks circulation.
- The utilization of an economy's resources below their potential. Stagnation might occur for two reasons: 1) the growth of the rate of output below the rate of population growth; and 2) the existence of insufficient aggregate demand that may prevent an economy from achieving its potential despite ...