Noun
- 1. stagnation, stagnancy, doldrums, inaction, inactivity, inactiveness
- usage: a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation"
- 2. doldrums, wind, air current, current of air
- usage: a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific
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