inerter

English

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Wikipedia

Etymology

inert +‎ -er

Noun

inerter (plural inerters)

(automotive, motor racing, engineering) An active suspension component that is the dual of the spring. A device that reacts similarly to a spring but 180-degrees out of phase.
(aerospace, engineering) A device to reduce the chance of fire in a flammables storage.

Coordinate terms

active suspension

French

Etymology

From inerte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.nɛʁ.te/
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Verb

inerter

to replace a dangerous gas with a safe one
to make inert or safe (especially radioactive waste)

Conjugation

Conjugation of inerter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	inerter
present participle or gerund¹	simple	inertant /i.nɛʁ.tɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		inerté /i.nɛʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertes /i.nɛʁt/	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertons /i.nɛʁ.tɔ̃/	inertez /i.nɛʁ.te/	inertent /i.nɛʁt/
	imperfect	inertais /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/	inertais /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/	inertait /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/	inertions /i.nɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	inertiez /i.nɛʁ.tje/	inertaient /i.nɛʁ.tɛ/
	past historic²	inertai /i.nɛʁ.te/	inertas /i.nɛʁ.ta/	inerta /i.nɛʁ.ta/	inertâmes /i.nɛʁ.tam/	inertâtes /i.nɛʁ.tat/	inertèrent /i.nɛʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	inerterai /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	inerteras /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	inertera /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁa/	inerterons /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	inerterez /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁe/	inerteront /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	inerterais /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	inerterais /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	inerterait /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	inerterions /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	inerteriez /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁje/	inerteraient /i.nɛʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertes /i.nɛʁt/	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	inertions /i.nɛʁ.tjɔ̃/	inertiez /i.nɛʁ.tje/	inertent /i.nɛʁt/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	inertasse /i.nɛʁ.tas/	inertasses /i.nɛʁ.tas/	inertât /i.nɛʁ.ta/	inertassions /i.nɛʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	inertassiez /i.nɛʁ.ta.sje/	inertassent /i.nɛʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	inerte /i.nɛʁt/	—	inertons /i.nɛʁ.tɔ̃/	inertez /i.nɛʁ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).