Vi fant 2 definisjoner av inaction på engelsk.
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| inaction - the state of being inactive | ||
| inactivity, inactiveness | ||
| activeness, activity, action the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically; "the level of activity declines with age" | ||
| state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" | ||
| abeyance, suspension temporary cessation or suspension | ||
| anergy inactivity and lack of energy | ||
| arrest, halt, stoppage, stay, hitch, stop, check the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat" | ||
| calcification a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts) | ||
| deep freeze temporary inactivity or suspension; "the legislation has now been revived after ten years in the deep freeze" | ||
| desuetude a state of inactivity or disuse | ||
| dormancy, quiescence, quiescency a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy" | ||
| extinction the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" | ||
| holding pattern the flight path (usually circular) maintained by an aircraft that is awaiting permission to land | ||
| rest freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took his repose by the swimming pool" | ||
| doldrums, stagnancy, stagnation a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific | ||
| stagnancy, stagnation a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" | ||
