GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer’s sudden shout woke the dormant audience. in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance: The project is dormant for the time being. Biology.

Detailed explanation-2: -inactive but capable of becoming active.

Detailed explanation-3: -A period of inactivity, with no moving or growing, is dormancy. A bear is in a stage of dormancy when it hibernates: both its heart rate and body temperature become very low and it doesn’t do much besides sleep.

Detailed explanation-4: -: not doing anything at this time : not active but able to become active. a dormant volcano. The seeds will remain/lie dormant until the spring. Her emotions have lain dormant for many years.