a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force
resistance to change in some other physical property
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
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 inertiæ. The inertia of a body is proportional to its mass.
Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; lack of energy; sluggishness.
Lack of activity; sluggishness; - said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force
resistance to change in some other physical property
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
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 inertiæ. The inertia of a body is proportional to its mass.
Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; lack of energy; sluggishness.
Lack of activity; sluggishness; - said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.