Definition of inertia

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Inertia (n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness..

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Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction..
Inertia :: Inertia (n.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae..
Inertitude :: Inertitude (n.) Inertness; inertia.
Passivity :: Passivity (n.) The tendency of a body to remain in a given state, either of motion or rest, till disturbed by another body; inertia..
Inertia :: Inertia (n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness..
Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below)..
Inertness :: Inertness (n.) Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
Inertia :: Inertia (n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased..
Equimomental :: Equimomental (a.) Having equal moments of inertia.
Integrator :: Integrator (n.) That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined..
Centroid :: Centroid (n.) The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies..
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