inertia

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/, /ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/, /ɪˈnɝ.ʃə/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʃə === Noun === inertia (countable and uncountable, plural inertias or inertiae or inertiæ) (physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action. (medicine) Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. ==== Synonyms ==== (unwillingness to take action): idleness, laziness, sloth, slothfulness ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== inert inertness ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “inertia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “inertia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “inertia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === iranite == Finnish == === Etymology === From Latin inertia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinertiɑ/, [ˈine̞rˌt̪iɑ̝] Rhymes: -iɑ Syllabification(key): i‧ner‧ti‧a Hyphenation(key): iner‧tia === Noun === inertia inertia Synonyms: hitaus, vitka, jatkavuus ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “inertia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *enartjā. Related to iners (“without skill; inactive”), from in- (“not”) + ars (“art, skill”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪˈnɛr.ti.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈnɛr.t͡si.a] === Noun === inertia f (genitive inertiae); first declension want of art or skill, unskillfulness, ignorance Antonyms: calliditās, sapientia (by extension) inactivity, idleness, laziness, indolence Synonyms: pigritia, sēgnitia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== iners inersitūdō inerticulus ==== Descendants ==== === References === “inertia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “inertia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "inertia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “inertia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === inertia m (definite singular inertiaen, indefinite plural inertiaer, definite plural inertiaene) form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by inerti