inertia
The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
Other meanings
In a person, unwillingness to take action.
Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Related words
- entreprenertia
- inertialess
- microinertia
- inertial
- inertia welding
- bureaucratic inertia
- center of inertia
- inertia time
- centre of inertia
- inertia selling
- practico-inertia
- uterine inertia
Word history
From Latin "inertia" (lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence).
Where this comes from
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