noun [U]
1 (usually disapproving) lack of energy; lack of desire or ability to move or change:
I can't seem to throw off this feeling of inertia. * the forces of institutional inertia in the school system
2 (physics) a PROPERTY (= characteristic) of MATTER (= a substance) by which it stays still or, if moving, continues moving in a straight line unless it is acted on by a force outside itself
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for inertia is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does inertia appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — inertia appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
