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"word": "inertia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in medicine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Reglosigkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in medicine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schwerfälligkeit"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in medicine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Trägheit"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Johannes Kepler",
"inertia"
],
"word": "inertia"
}
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