INERTIA
\ɪnˈɜːʃə], \ɪnˈɜːʃə], \ɪ_n_ˈɜː_ʃ_ə]\
Definitions of INERTIA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.
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That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; - sometimes called vis inertiae.
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Want of activity; sluggishness; - said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
By Oddity Software
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Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.
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That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; - sometimes called vis inertiae.
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Want of activity; sluggishness; - said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
By Noah Webster.
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Lack of activity; sluggishness; that property by virtue of which matter tends to remain at rest, if resting, or to move uniformly in a straight line, if moving.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The property of matter of remaining at rest or of continuing indefinitely in the motion imparted to it, unless acted upon by some impellin or retarding force. 2. Inactivity or lack of force, noting especially feebleness of the uterine contractions in labor, inertia uteri.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The state of being inert.
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That property of matter by virtue of which it continues at rest or in motion unless acted on by some force outside of itself.
By James Champlin Fernald
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That property of matter by which it tends to preserve a state of rest when still, and of uniform rectilinear motion when moving; inertness. Vis inertioe, the power of inertia.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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That inherent quality of passiveness in bodies which preserves them in a state of perpetual rest when undisturbed, or in perpetual motion unless stopped by some resisting force.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
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