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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : in-ur-shuh, ih-nur- |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɜr ʃə, ɪˈnɜr- |
Definition of inertia
Origin :- 1713, introduced as a term in physics 17c. by German astronomer and physician Johann Kepler (1571-1630), from Latin inertia "unskillfulness, idleness," from iners (genitive inertis) "unskilled, inactive;" see inert. Used in Modern Latin by Newton (1687). Sense of "apathy" first recorded 1822.
- noun disinclination to move; lifelessness
- The inertia of the meteor has persisted, not as energy, but as a factor of energy.
- Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear
- For that sort of inertia in woman is always enigmatic and therefore menacing.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- That was because if there were no inertia there would be no centrifugal force.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- At the same time he overcame part of your inertia, for he made you move a little.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
- The inertia of the stricken beings on the platform was broken by his move.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- Girls, too, had won obscurity by inertia or had swung into fame.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- All their efforts at gaiety were impeded by the inertia of fear.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- The varieties of this lack of power and inertia are familiar to every physician.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
- At last, after heaving at himself, for he seemed to be a mass of inertia, he got up.
- Extract from : « The Prussian Officer » by D. H. Lawrence
- He found that the force of inertia had troubled wiser men than he.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
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