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Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Meaning of "inertia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INERTIA

inertia  [ɪnˈɜːʃə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INERTIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inertia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INERTIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Inertia

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its state of motion, including changes to its speed and direction. It is the tendency of objects to keep moving in a straight line at constant velocity. The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics that are used to describe the motion of objects and how they are affected by applied forces. Inertia comes from the Latin word, iners, meaning idle, sluggish. Inertia is one of the primary manifestations of mass, which is a quantitative property of physical systems. Isaac Newton defined inertia as his first law in his Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which states: The vis insita, or innate force of matter, is a power of resisting by which every body, as much as in it lies, endeavours to preserve its present state, whether it be of rest or of moving uniformly forward in a straight line. In common usage the term "inertia" may refer to an object's "amount of resistance to change in velocity", or sometimes to its momentum, depending on the context.

Definition of inertia in the English dictionary

The first definition of inertia in the dictionary is the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act. Other definition of inertia is the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force. Inertia is also an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INERTIA


aubretia
ɔːˈbriːʃə
aubrieta
ɔːˈbriːʃə
Esher
ˈiːʃə
fuchsia
ˈfjuːʃə
godetia
ɡəˈdiːʃə
Helvetia
hɛlˈviːʃə
kasha
ˈkɑːʃə
kasher
ˈkɑːʃə
magnesia
mæɡˈniːʃə
Naoise
ˈniːʃə
pacha
ˈpɑːʃə
Parsha
ˈpɑːʃə
pasha
ˈpɑːʃə
Persia
ˈpɜːʃə
Portlaoise
ˌpɔːtˈliːʃə
Rhodesia
rəʊˈdiːʃə
sesquitertia
ˌsɛskwɪˈtɜːʃə
shisha
ˈʃiːʃə
tamasha
təˈmɑːʃə
Venetia
vɪˈniːʃə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INERTIA

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inerrant
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inertial
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inertial guidance
inertial mass
inertial navigation
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inertly
inertness

WORDS THAT END LIKE INERTIA

Bastia
Boeotia
Buryatia
consortia
Constantia
Croatia
dementia
hamartia
militia
moment of inertia
Nova Scotia
Ossetia
Ostia
periodontia
Placentia
poinsettia
scotia
sestertia
shortia
Valentia

Synonyms and antonyms of inertia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INERTIA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inertia» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inertia

Translation of «inertia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INERTIA

Find out the translation of inertia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inertia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inertia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

懒惰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pereza
570 millions of speakers

English

inertia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जड़ता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجمود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

инерции
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inércia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্ক্রিয়তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inertie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Inersia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trägheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ものぐさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무력감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inertia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không hoạt động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலைமம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जडत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

süredurum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inerzia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezwładności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інерції
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inerție
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδράνεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

traagheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tröghet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

treghet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inertia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INERTIA»

The term «inertia» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.586 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INERTIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inertia

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10 QUOTES WITH «INERTIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inertia.
1
Henri Bergson
Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.
2
Dorothea Brande
All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.
3
Erik Brynjolfsson
Technology has made it easier for different firms to coordinate their activities with one another, and they don't have to be part of one company. They can get the benefits of scale without the inertia of scale.
4
Michael Burgess
Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis.
5
Alexis Carrel
Life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.
6
Edward Dahlberg
The machine has had a pernicious effect upon virtue, pity, and love, and young men used to machines which induce inertia, and fear, are near impotent.
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K. Eric Drexler
I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.
9
Todd Gitlin
Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.
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Elbert Hubbard
The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INERTIA»

Discover the use of inertia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inertia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Gravitation and Inertia
"This book is on Einsteinś theory of general relativity, or geometrodynamic.
Ignazio Ciufolini, John Archibald Wheeler, 1995
2
Non-Stop Inertia
Written from inside this system of precarious employment and debt-driven subjectivity, illustrating its arguments with actual examples and using theory to make connections and unlock meanings, the book shows how in our constant anxious ...
Ivor Southwood, 2011
3
Polar Inertia
An instantaneous present has replaced space and the sovereignty of territory; everything happens without the need to go anywhere. This book will be a key reference for students and scholars of the latest thinking in social theory.
Paul Virilio, 2000
4
Inertia Is Gravity
With the publication of this essay, Myhre hopes to prompt academic physicists to finalize the coup de gr[ce that he has begun by continuing to develop this more-coherent foundation for the methodology of quantum physics, which was ...
Guy Cavet Myhre, 2004
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In the Grip of the Distant Universe: The Science of Inertia
This is a book about the history of the science of inertia.
Peter Graneau, Neal Graneau, 2006
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Mechanics of Materials
x y 12.7 PRODUCTS OF INERTIA O FIG. 12-19 Plane area of arbitrary shape dA dA O FIG. 12-20 The product of inertia equals zero when one axis is an axis of symmetry O FIG. 12-21 Plane area of arbitrary shape The product of inertia of a ...
James Gere, Barry Goodno, 2008
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Living Science Physics 9
Mass and Inertia Do all the bodies have same inertia? From our common experience, we know that it is easier to move a small and light object like a child's toy car than a large and heavy trolley. Thus, a large and heavy trolley shows a greater ...
Dhiren M Joshi
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Physics For Dummies
It also says that an object in motion tends to stay in motion, which introduces the idea of inertia. Getting. it. going: Inertia. and. mass. Inertia is the natural tendency of an object to stay at rest or in constant motion along a straight line. Inertia is a ...
Steve Holzner, 2006
9
Fundamentals of Biomechanics
muscle action as the inertia and ground reaction forces created by the runner are too great. Remember that when we push or pull, this force is exerted on some other object and the object pushes or pulls back on us too! There are several kinds ...
Duane V. Knudson, 2003
10
The World of Physics
Mass, inertia and density 4.2 MASS, INERTIA AND DENSITY The amount of matter in an object affects certain properties of that object wherever it may be - on the earth, on the moon or in deep space. Two such properties are the inertia mass ...
John Avison, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INERTIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inertia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Cloud Computing Is Popular, But Not Ready For Prime Time, Survey …
Among lower-ranking executives and managers, organizational inertia tops the list of reasons why As-a-Service adoption is lagging ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
Life After Prison, While Sober, Single and Scared - The New York …
But his generosity was enabling her inertia. “I'm like a disappointment,” she said on April 15. She kicked Christina out the next day. “What if she ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
BMW M6: All You Want (Too Bad About the Guilt) - WSJ
Crosshead manifolds, low-inertia variable geometry twin-scroll turbos, full articulation on intake and exhaust valves. The turbos modulate the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
4
Fourth of July a success for festival, Martha Turner SIR - Houston …
... 1950s and 1960s rock and roll from The Pee Wee Bowen Band, country music from the Texas Trio, and hip-hop dance from Inertia, Westside ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
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Are You Cool or a Tool When You Rev Your Engine? | Quora
... (slippage), with enough RPM to turn the main pump and circulate fluid, but with insufficient force to overcome the mass and inertia of the car. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Why Republicans Are Losing the Obamacare Battle | The National …
But Republicans face a much bigger problem on healthcare than just inertia, one that would have become readily apparent if King v. Burwell ... «The National Interest Online, Jul 15»
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Changing Minds: Discoveries In Cognitive Science Can Reshape …
(inertia NC/flickr). Educational fads come and go at about the same pace as students' whimsical fashion trends. Some years, experts champion ... «WBUR, Jul 15»
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Babar | A joyous day turned into mourning - The Courier-Journal
It is frustrating to see the inertia among Muslim religious scholars and leaders who are not heeding to the need of time and are still stuck in their ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
9
Inertia and cunning costing us dear - Independent.ie
This is despite the fact that a mortgage is the biggest investment most of us will ever make in our lives. Huge savings can be made on monthly ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
10
SA's choice: a golden age or inertia
The alternative is to become a victim of inertia and to fall further behind. Dino Vrynios is an Architect at Grieve Gillett Andersen, Councillor of the ... «InDaily, Jul 15»

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