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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”). The modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.
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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.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Chapman and Hall Limited, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book or page number):
- 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.
- (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
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Translations[edit]
in physics
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unwillingness to take action
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in medicine
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Further reading[edit]
- “inertia” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “inertia” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- inertia at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
inertia
Declension[edit]
Inflection of inertia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | inertia | inertiat | |
genitive | inertian | inertioiden inertioitten | |
partitive | inertiaa | inertioita | |
illative | inertiaan | inertioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | inertia | inertiat | |
accusative | nom. | inertia | inertiat |
gen. | inertian | ||
genitive | inertian | inertioiden inertioitten inertiainrare | |
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 |
Possessive forms of inertia (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | inertiani | inertiamme |
2nd person | inertiasi | inertianne |
3rd person | inertiansa |
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *enartjā. Related to iners (“without skill; inactive”), from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iˈner.ti.a/, [ɪˈnɛrt̪iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈner.t͡si.a/, [iˈnɛrt̪͡s̪iä]
Noun[edit]
inertia f (genitive inertiae); first declension
- want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance
- Antonyms: calliditās, sapientia
- (by extension) inactivity, idleness, laziness, indolence
- Synonyms: pigritia, sēgnitia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium
- Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | inertia | inertiae |
Genitive | inertiae | inertiārum |
Dative | inertiae | inertiīs |
Accusative | inertiam | inertiās |
Ablative | inertiā | inertiīs |
Vocative | inertia | inertiae |
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References[edit]
- “inertia”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- inertia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
inertia m (definite singular inertiaen, indefinite plural inertiaer, definite plural inertiaene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by inerti
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