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The definition of silent is making no noise or not talking.

(adjective)

A person who rarely talks is an example of someone who is the strong, silent type.
A movie that doesn't have any sound is an example of a silent movie.

See silent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

making no vocal sound; not speaking; speechless; mute
seldom speaking; saying little; not talkative
free from, or not making, sound or noise; quiet; still; noiseless
1. not spoken, uttered, or expressed: silent longing
2. included in the spelling of a word but with no part of the word's pronunciation corresponding directly to it: said of a letter or group of letters: silent b in “debt” and gh in “thought”
withholding knowledge or omitting mention; uncommunicative
not active: factories silent for months
designating or of films without a synchronized soundtrack
not having noticeable symptoms: a silent heart attack

Origin: L silens < prp. of silere, to be silent, still, prob. < IE base *sē(i)-, *sī-, to rest > seed, side, Goth (ana)silan, to cease (of the wind)

noun

silent films: often preceded by the

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