Doing vs. Inertia

Doingnoun

A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.

Doinginterjection

The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.

Doingnoun

Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.

Inertianoun

The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.

Inertianoun

(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

Inertianoun

(medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

Inertianoun

That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; - sometimes called vis inertiæ. The inertia of a body is proportional to its mass.

Inertianoun

Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; lack of energy; sluggishness.

Inertianoun

Lack of activity; sluggishness; - said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

Inertianoun

a disposition to remain inactive or inert;

Inertianoun

(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain is state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force

Inertianoun

a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged

Inertianoun

a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force

Inertianoun

resistance to change in some other physical property

Inertia

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its velocity. This includes changes to the object's speed, or direction of motion.