inertia

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n. 惯性, 惰性, 迟钝 [化] 惯性

发音

AU /ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/
其它
UK /ɪnˈɜː.ʃə/
其它
AU /ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/
UK /ɪˈnɜː.ʃə/
US /ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/
US /ɪˈnɝ.ʃə/

词形变化

inertiae inertiæ inertias 复数 inertias inertiae 复数 inertiæ 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.

    惯性

    可数 不可数 物理
  2. 2.

    In a person, unwillingness to take action.

    可数 比喻 不可数
  3. 3.

    Lack of activity; sluggishness; said especially of the uterus, when, in labour, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

    可数 不可数 医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

inactivity inactiveness

上位词 1

trait

下位词 10

laziness phlegm lethargy languor passivity indolence flatness moment of inertia passiveness restfulness

相关短语

inertia welding inertia selling [经] 呆滞销售 moment of inertia [化] 惯性矩 centre of inertia second moment of inertia polar moment of inertia [化] 惯性极矩 center of inertia second moments of inertia moments of inertia polar moments of inertia centres of inertia centers of inertia bureaucratic inertia uterine inertia

词源

From Latin inertia (“lack of art or skill, inactivity, indolence”), from iners (“unskilled, inactive”), from in- (“without, not”) + ars (“skill, art”). Something close to the modern physics sense was first used in New Latin by Johannes Kepler.

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