noun · countable / uncountable · rare

inertia

inertia · inertias · inertiae

інерція

инерция, вялость, инертность

Trägheit, Schwerfälligkeit, Beharrungsvermögen, Beharrung

The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motionThe property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.

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UK/ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/US/ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/

» Never underestimate the power of inertia.

Unterschätze niemals die Macht der Trägheit!

Ніколи не недооцінюй силу інерції.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
Trägheit, Beharrungsvermögen, Beharrung
ине́рцияinɛ́rcija
іне́рціяinércija
(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)In a person, unwillingness to take action.
Trägheit, Schwerfälligkeit, Unbeweglichkeit
ине́ртностьinɛ́rtnostʹ, вя́лостьvjálostʹ
(countable, uncountable)Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Reglosigkeit, Schwerfälligkeit, Trägheit

Examples

7 sentences

Never underestimate the power of inertia.
Ніколи не недооцінюй силу інерції.
deUnterschätze niemals die Macht der Trägheit!
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He continued to live as if by inertia.
ruОн продолжал жить словно по инерции.
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She continued to live as if by inertia.
ruОна продолжала жить словно по инерции.
deSie lebte wie aus Trägheit weiter.
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Inertia is an important governing law.
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Inertia kills you in this world.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

in physics:

Русский

By meaning 2

in physics:

unwillingness to take action:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

in physics:

unwillingness to take action:

in medicine:

Origin

From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled

From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”). Something close to the modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.

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