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1. (n.) inertia
inertness, esp. with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
2. inertia
the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force.
3. inertia
an analogous property of a force:
electric inertia.
Etymology: (1705–15; < L: lack of skill, slothfulness. See inert , -ia)
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| Definition of 'Inertia' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) inactiveness, inactivity, inertia
a disposition to remain inactive or inert
"he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"
2. (noun) inertia
(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Inertia
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 inertiae
2. (noun) Inertia
inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness
3. (noun) Inertia
want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased
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| Definitions of 'Inertia' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Inertia
that property of bodies by which they remain in a state of rest or of motion in a straight line till disturbed by a force moving them in the one case or arresting them in the other.
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. Inertia
A force in virtue of which every body persists in its state of motion or rest except so far as it is acted on by some force.
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Sense: the state of being inert
It was difficult to overcome the feeling of inertia that the wine and heat had brought on.
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 Afrikaans: traagheid |
 Arabic: فُتور، خُمول، جُمود |
 Bulgarian: инерция |
 Brazilian: inércia |
 Czech: ochablost |
 German: die Trägheit |
 Danish: inerti; træghed |
 Greek: αδράνεια |
 Spanish: inercia |
 Estonian: loidus |
 Farsi: رخوت؛ سستی |
 Finnish: hitaus |
 French: inertie |
 Hebrew: בִכבֵדוּת וְאִיטִיוּת |
 Hindi: जड़ता |
 Croatian: inercija |
 Hungarian: tehetetlenség |
 Indonesian: kelesuan |
 Icelandic: aðgerðaleysi; sljóleiki |
 Italian: inerzia |
 Japanese: だるさ |
 Korean: 무력감 |
 Lithuanian: inertiškumas, neveiklumas |
 Latvian: inertums; kūtrums |
 Malay: kelesuan |
 Dutch: inertie |
 Norwegian: slapphet, uvirksomhet |
 Polish: bezwład |
 Persian: رخوت؛ سستی |
 Pashto: سستی |
 Portuguese: inércia |
 Romanian: inerţie |
 Russian: инертность, вялость |
 Slovak: ochabnutosť, nečinnosť |
 Slovenian: inertnost |
 Serbian: inercija |
 Swedish: tröghet, slöhet |
 Thai: ความเฉื่อย |
 Turkish: eylemsizlik, tembellik |
 Taiwanese: 惰性 |
 Ukrainian: інертність, млявість |
 Urdu: جمود |
 Vietnamese: tính ì |
 Chinese: 惰性 |
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