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inertia — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ sheer ▪ bureaucratic, political VERB + INERTIA ▪ overcome ▪ The forces for change are not sufficient to overcome bureaucratic inertia … Collocations dictionary
Inertia (disambiguation) — Inertia is the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.Inertia can also refer to: Physics/Science * Moment of inertia, also known as Rotational Inertia, is the tendency of a body… … Wikipedia
inertia — ► NOUN 1) a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. 2) Physics a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless changed by an external force. DERIVATIVES inertial… … English terms dictionary
Inertia — In common usage, however, people may also use the term inertia to refer to an object s amount of resistance to change in velocity (which is quantified by its mass), and sometimes its momentum, depending on context (e.g. this object has a lot of… … Wikipedia
Inertia (DC Comics) — Superherobox| caption=Inertia, in art from Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #5, by Ron Adrian. character name=Inertia real name=Thaddeus Thawne publisher=DC Comics debut= Impulse #50 (July 1999) creators=Todd DeZago Mike Wieringo alliances=Titans… … Wikipedia
Inertia (Marvel Comics) — Superherobox| caption = Inertia (II) Art By Gary Frank comic color = background:#ff8080 character name = Inertia publisher = Marvel Comics debut = (I)Squadron Supreme #10 (Jun 1986) (II) Supreme Power #18 creators = (I) Mark Gruenwald and Paul… … Wikipedia
inertia — inertial, adj. /in err sheuh, i nerr /, n. 1. inertness, esp. with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. 2. Physics. a. the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a… … Universalium
inertia — n. 1 Physics a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force. 2 inertness, sloth. Phrases and idioms: inertia reel a reel device… … Useful english dictionary
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inertia — [ɪ nə:ʃə] noun 1》 a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. 2》 Physics a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless changed by an external force. ↘resistance to… … English new terms dictionary
