inert |
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(1) - Inert (a.) Not having or manifesting active properties; not affecting other substances when brought in contact with them; powerless for an expected or desired effect. (2) - Inert (a.) Indisposed to move or act; very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive; indolent; lifeless. (3) - Inert (a.) Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion; as, matter is inert. |
inertia |
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(1) - Inertia (n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. (2) - Inertia (n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness. (3) - 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. |