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Inertia

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Noun

1. inactiveness, inactivity, inertia

a disposition to remain inactive or inert

Example Sentences:
'he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work'

2. inertia

(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inertia

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noun
1. 
the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act
2. physics
a. 
the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
b. 
an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change
thermal inertia

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Inertia

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noun
1.  Physics
the tendency of matter to remain at rest if at rest, or, if moving, to keep moving in the same direction, unless affected by some outside force
2. 
a tendency to remain in a fixed condition without change; disinclination to move or act

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inertia

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n.
1. Physics The tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force; the resistance of a body to changes in momentum.
2. Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change: an entrenched bureaucracy's inertia.

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