inertia
IPA: ɪnˈɝʃʌ
noun
- (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.
- (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
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Examples of "inertia" in Sentences
- The moment of inertia is additive.
- This shows the inertia of the fuel in the jet well.
- He did not apply this to the inertia of macroscopic bodies.
- The concept of inertia was alien to the physics of Aristotle.
- This restriction reflects the inertia or momentum of the car.
- The firctional force is the key discovery in the law of inertia.
- The inertia circle is the eccentricity in the ellipse shaped orbit.
- Inertia counterbalance is utilized to control the motion of the antenna.
- Emotional inertia is an extension of the concept of cognitive dissonance.
- In the case of update, this principle formalizes the assumption of inertia.
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