title: Dormant
text: # Dormant
  
  Dormant, "sleeping", may refer to:
  
  ## Science
  
  * Dormancy in an organism's life cycle
  * Dormant volcano, a volcano that is inactive but may become active in the future
  
  ## Culture
  
  * Dormant, a heraldry attitude signifying a sleeping animal with head resting upon paws
  * Dormant title, an hereditary title of nobility or baronetcy for which the rightful claimant has yet to be found
  * Dormant, an order of knighthood which is no longer conferred
  
  ## Economics
  
  * Dormant company, a currently inactive company
  * Dormant bank account, a bank account which lacks activity
  