inertia
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inertia (countable and uncountable, plural inertias or inertiae 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.
- Carlyle
- Men […] have immense irresolution and inertia.
- 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
- City had been woeful, their anger at their own inertia summed up when Samir Nasri received a booking for dissent, and they did not have a shot on target until the 66th minute.
- Carlyle
- (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Synonyms[edit]
- (unwillingness to take action): idleness, laziness, sloth, slothfulness
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
in physics
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unwillingness to take action
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Further reading[edit]
- 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
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
inertia
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of inertia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | inertia | inertiat | |
| genitive | inertian | inertioiden inertioitten |
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| partitive | inertiaa | inertioita | |
| illative | inertiaan | inertioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | inertia | inertiat | |
| accusative | nom. | inertia | inertiat |
| gen. | inertian | ||
| genitive | inertian | inertioiden inertioitten inertiainrare |
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| partitive | inertiaa | inertioita | |
| inessive | inertiassa | inertioissa | |
| elative | inertiasta | inertioista | |
| illative | inertiaan | inertioihin | |
| adessive | inertialla | inertioilla | |
| ablative | inertialta | inertioilta | |
| allative | inertialle | inertioille | |
| essive | inertiana | inertioina | |
| translative | inertiaksi | inertioiksi | |
| instructive | — | inertioin | |
| abessive | inertiatta | inertioitta | |
| comitative | — | inertioineen | |
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From iners (“without skill; inactive”), from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inertia f (genitive inertiae); first declension
- want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance
- (by extension) inactivity, idleness, laziness, indolence
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | inertia | inertiae |
| genitive | inertiae | inertiārum |
| dative | inertiae | inertiīs |
| accusative | inertiam | inertiās |
| ablative | inertiā | inertiīs |
| vocative | inertia | inertiae |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- inertia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inertia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inertia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- inertia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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