Meaning

• That which is silent; a time of silence.

• A silent movie

Meaning

• Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

• Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

• Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.

  "The wind is silent."

• (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.

  "Silent letters can make some words difficult to spell."

• Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.

• With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.

  "My phone was on silent."

• Without audio capability.

  "The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console."

• Hidden, unseen.

  "a silent voter; a silent partner"

• Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.

  "silent revisions; a silent emendation"

• Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.

• Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.

• Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.