inertia
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʃə
[edit] Noun
inertia (countable and uncountable; plural inertias or inertiæ)
- (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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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From iners (“without skill; inactive”), from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
inertia (genitive inertiae); f, first declension
- want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance
- (by extension) inactivity, idleness, laziness, indolence
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | inertia | inertiae |
| genitive | inertiae | inertiārum |
| dative | inertiae | inertiīs |
| accusative | inertiam | inertiās |
| ablative | inertiā | inertiīs |
| vocative | inertia | inertiae |
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[edit] References
- inertia in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
