"inertia" meaning in English

See inertia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/ [General-Australian, UK], /ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/ [General-Australian, UK], /ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/ [US], /ɪˈnɝ.ʃə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inertia.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-inertia.wav Forms: inertias [plural], inertiae [plural], inertiæ [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃə Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|inertia||lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence}} Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), {{bor|en|NL.|-}} New Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|inertiae|inertiæ}} inertia (countable and uncountable, plural inertias or inertiae or inertiæ)
  1. (physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Translations (in physics): عَطَالَة (ʕaṭāla) [feminine] (Arabic), ətalət (Azerbaijani), инерция (inercija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), inèrcia [feminine] (Catalan), 慣性 (Chinese Mandarin), 惯性 (guànxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), setrvačnost [feminine] (Czech), inertie (Dutch), traagheid (Dutch), inerteco (Esperanto), inerteca forto (Esperanto), inertforto (Esperanto), inerts (Estonian), inertsus (Estonian), hitaus (Finnish), inertia (Finnish), vitka (Finnish), jatkavuus (Finnish), inertie [feminine] (French), Trägheit [feminine] (German), Beharrungsvermögen [neuter] (German), Beharrung [feminine] (German), αδράνεια (adráneia) [feminine] (Greek), ehuō (Hawaiian), tehetetlenség (Hungarian), táimhe [feminine] (Irish), inerzia [feminine] (Italian), 慣性 (kansei) (alt: かんせい) (Japanese), инерция (inersiä) (Kazakh), និចលភាព (nĭchlôphéap) (Khmer), inerce [feminine] (Latvian), inersia (Malay), ജഡത്വം (jaḍatvaṁ) (Malayalam), tūpuku (Maori), treghet (Norwegian), treighet [masculine] (Norwegian), bezwładność [feminine] (Polish), inercja [feminine] (Polish), inércia (Portuguese), inerție [feminine] (Romanian), ине́рция (inɛ́rcija) [feminine] (Russian), do-mhùthadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), inercia [feminine] (Spanish), tröghet (Swedish), tigal (Tagalog), சடத்துவம் (caṭattuvam) (Tamil), நிலைமம் (nilaimam) (Tamil), జడత్వము (jaḍatvamu) (Telugu), ความเฉื่อย (kwaam-chʉ̀ai) (Thai), eylemsizlik (Turkish), іне́рція (inércija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), quán tính (alt: 慣性) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-inertia-en-noun-gOkx~kOX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 47 40 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'in physics': 63 22 16
  2. (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Physical quantities Synonyms (unwillingness to take action): idleness, laziness, sloth, slothfulness Translations (unwillingness to take action): عَطَالَة (ʕaṭāla) [feminine] (Arabic), мудност (mudnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), вялост (vjalost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), inèrcia [feminine] (Catalan), daadloosheid (Dutch), tegevusetus (Estonian), loidus (Estonian), vastahakoisuus (Finnish), Trägheit [feminine] (German), Schwerfälligkeit [feminine] (German), Unbeweglichkeit [feminine] (German), tétlenség (Hungarian), spadántacht [feminine] (Irish), inerzia [feminine] (Italian), inercja [feminine] (Polish), bezwładność [feminine] (Polish), inércia (Portuguese), ине́ртность (inɛ́rtnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), вя́лость (vjálostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), leisg [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), do-mhùthadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), inercia [feminine] (Spanish), tröghet (Swedish), ความเฉื่อยชา (Thai), atalet (Turkish), llesgedd [masculine] (Welsh), syrthni [masculine] (Welsh)
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  3. (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (in medicine): velttous (Finnish), inertia (Finnish), Reglosigkeit [feminine] (German), Schwerfälligkeit [feminine] (German), Trägheit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-inertia-en-noun-O0EkcL0D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 47 40 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'in medicine': 0 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bureaucratic inertia, center of inertia, centre of inertia, inertial, inertia selling, inertia time, inertia welding, moment of inertia, practico-inertia, uterine inertia Related terms: inert, inertness

Inflected forms

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      "code": "gd",
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      "code": "de",
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    "Johannes Kepler",
    "inertia"
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}

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