inertia

Bureaucratic inertia is, by long tradition, the most efficient dispatcher of scandals.

The same inertia and restlessness is setting in behind the scenes as well.

Much of the surface of Mars is covered in fine sand and dust, both of which have low thermal inertia.

That measure is known as thermal inertia, and it provides information far beyond what we can get from visible light alone.

However, exposed rock and larger sand grains have higher thermal inertia, so they glow more brightly.

But for the most part even industry and endowment were powerless against the inertia of custom and the dead-weight of environment.

Owing to its inertia, no heavy bellows weight can be set into motion rapidly.

Owing to its inertia, it would thus tend continually to lag behind the particles of matter about it.

The observations are difficult, and the inertia of the instrument is liable to cause error, but much care was taken.

You have no idea how the inertia of such a character makes itself felt.