inertia
Plural: inertiae, inertias, inertiæ
Noun
- A tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged; resistance to motion.
- a disposition to remain inactive or inert
- "he had to overcome his inertia and get back to work"
- (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force
- The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.
- In a person, unwillingness to take action.
- Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Examples
- After a long game, a player’s INERTIA can make it hard to make the final winning move.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”). The modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.
Synonyms
inactiveness, inactivity, idleness, laziness, sloth, slothfulness
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 7
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