Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Hibernation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter
cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
the act of retiring into inactivity
"he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
A state of minimum power consumption, inactivity and metabolic depression in some animals during winter.