ALL meanings of inertia
in·er·tia
I i - noun inertia A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. 1
- noun inertia lack of activity or movement 1
- noun inertia inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. 1
- noun inertia Physics. the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force. an analogous property of a force: electric inertia. 1
- noun inertia Medicine/Medical. lack of activity, especially as applied to a uterus during childbirth when its contractions have decreased or stopped. 1
- uncountable noun inertia If you have a feeling of inertia, you feel very lazy and unwilling to move or be active. 0
- uncountable noun inertia Inertia is the tendency of a physical object to remain still or to continue moving, unless a force is applied to it. 0
- noun inertia the state of being inert; disinclination to move or act 0
- noun inertia the tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force 0
- noun inertia an analogous property of other physical quantities that resist change 0
- noun inertia 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 0
- noun inertia a tendency to remain in a fixed condition without change; disinclination to move or act 0
- noun inertia Inertia is the resistance of a body to being moved. 0