Inertia
[ɪ'nɜːʃə] or [ɪ'nɝʃə]
Definition
(noun.) (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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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.
(n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Inertness, sluggishness, indisposition to move.
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Examples
- There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But it may be questioned whether inertia is not equally to be dreaded with active ill-will. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Obstinacy may be mere animal inertia and insensitiveness. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Moreover, the methods used for effective teaching of the languages were well developed; the inertia of academic custom was on their side. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- But once this inertia has been overcome and movement is under way they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He was suspended motionless, in an agony of inertia, like a machine that is without power. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nothing could be more illustrative of this fatigue inertia than the expressed ideas of military men at this time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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