Inertia



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 惰性; 懒惰
• ［英］ n. 惰性 ( the tendency of matter to remain at rest if at rest) ; 懒惰 ( disinclination to move or act)
• ［类］ 反义词: tendenty to change motion ( 改变运动趋势) ; activity ( 活性)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, lack of skill, from inert-, iners
• Date: 1713
• 1.
  • a. a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force
  • b. an analogous property of other physical quantities (as electricity)
• 2. indisposition to motion, exertion, or change ; inertness
• ? inertial adjective
• ? inertially adverb

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