inertia
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin inertia (“‘lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence’”) < iners (“‘unskilled, inactive’”) < in (“‘without, not’”) + ars (“‘skill, art’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʃə
[edit] Noun
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inertia (countable and uncountable; plural inertias)
- (physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
- (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.
[edit] Synonyms
- (unwillingness to take action): idleness, laziness, sloth, slothfulness
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[edit] Translations
in physics
unwillingness to take action
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[edit] External links
- inertia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- inertia in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- inertia at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Noun
inertia
[edit] Declension
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Declension of inertia (type kulkija)
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