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Latent; inactive; silent. That which is dormant is not used, asserted, or enforced. A dormant partner is a member of a partnership who has a financial interest yet is silent, in that he or she takes no control over the business. The partner's identity is secret because the individual is unknown to the public. |
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And the perception toward the HRW crop is that conditions will be favorable when the crop breaks dormancy this spring. The fall planting gives winter varieties a chance to germinate and grow before going into winter dormancy. Helens, which reawakened in 2004; Hawaii's Kilauea, which has been continuously active since early in 1983; and Anatahan, a volcanic island about 320 kilometers north of Guam that rumbled to life from dormancy in May 2003. |
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