inertial
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ʃə, ɪˈnɜr- noun
1.
inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
2.
3.
Medicine/Medical. lack of activity, especially as applied to a uterus during childbirth when its contractions have decreased or stopped.
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World English Dictionary
inertia (ɪnˈɜːʃə, -ʃɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act |
| 2. | physics |
| a. the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force | |
| b. an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change: thermal inertia | |
| in'ertial | |
| —adj | |
| inertia (ɪnˈɜːʃə, -ʃɪə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act |
| 2. | physics |
| a. the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force | |
| b. an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change: thermal inertia | |
| in'ertial | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
inertia
1713, used as a term in physics 17c. by Ger. astronomer and physician Johann Kepler (1571-1630), from L. inertia "unskillfulness, idleness," from iners (gen. inertis) "unskilled, inactive," see inert. Used in Mod.L. by Newton (1687). Sense of "apathy" first recorded 1822.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
inertia in·er·tia (ĭ-nûr'shə)
n.
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Science Dictionary
inertia  (ĭ-nûr'shə) Pronunciation Key
The resistance of a body to changes in its momentum. Because of inertia, a body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion continues moving in a straight line and at a constant speed, unless a force is applied to it. Mass can be considered a measure of a body's inertia. See more at Newton's laws of motion, See also mass. |
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Cultural Dictionary
inertia [(i-nur-shuh)]In physics, the tendency for objects at rest to remain at rest, and for objects in uniform motion to continue in motion in a straight line, unless acted on by an outside force. (See Newton's laws of motion.)
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Example sentences
And the alien ships have inertial dampeners that let the ships zip around without harming the occupants.
However, they are not in an inertial frame of reference.
True gravitational and inertial equivalency and balancing fundamentally includes instantaneity.
Inertial clocks are fairly intuitive and easy to visualize.
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