Tranquil \Tran"quil\, a. [L. tranquillus; probably fr. trans
across, over + a word akin to quietus quiet: cf. F.
tranquille. See Quiet.]
Quiet; calm; undisturbed; peaceful; not agitated; as, the
atmosphere is tranquil; the condition of the country is
tranquil.
[1913 Webster]
A style clear, tranquil, easy to follow. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster] Tranquilization
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tranquil
adj 1: characterized by absence of emotional agitation; "calm
acceptance of the inevitable"; "remained serene in the
midst of turbulence"; "a serene expression on her
face"; "she became more tranquil"; "tranquil life in
the country" [syn: calm, serene]
2: free from disturbance; "a ribbon of sand between the angry
sea and the placid bay"; "the quiet waters of a lagoon";
"a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue
sky"; "a smooth channel crossing"; "scarcely a ripple on
the still water"; "unruffled water" [syn: placid, quiet,
still, unruffled]
WordNet (r) 2.0
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "tranquil":
at peace, at rest, blank, blankminded, bloodless, calm, cloistered,
collected, composed, concordant, cool, coolheaded, dispassionate,
dwindling, easy, easygoing, ebbing, empty, empty-headed, equable,
even, even-tempered, even-tenored, fatuous, halcyon, hushed,
idyllic, impassive, inane, incogitant, irenic, isolated,
levelheaded, moldering, nirvanic, oblivious, orderly, pacific,
passive, pastoral, peaceable, peaceful, peacetime, philosophical,
piping, placid, poised, possessed, quiescent, quiet, quietistic,
regular, relaxed, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded,
sedate, self-controlled, self-possessed, sequestered, sequestrated,
serene, sheltered, smooth, soft, stable, steady, still,
still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subsiding,
thoughtfree, thoughtless, unagitated, undisturbed, unexcited,
unideaed, unintellectual, unmoved, unoccupied, unperturbed,
unreasoning, unruffled, unstirring, unthinking, untroubled, vacant,
vacuous, waning
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
TRANQUIL
1966. ALGOL-like language with sets and other extensions, for
the Illiac IV. "TRANQUIL: A Language for an Array Processing
Computer", N.E. Abel et al, Proc SJCC 34 (1969).
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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