| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·er·tia |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -nûr sh |
| NOUN: | 1. Physics The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; 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. 2. Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change: the inertia of an entrenched bureaucracy. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, idleness, from iners, inert-, inert. See inert. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·ertial —ADJECTIVE
in·ertial·ly —ADVERB
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