Definition
Related to the tendency of objects to stay at rest or keep moving unless a force acts on them; also means sluggish or lacking energy.
Etymology
From Latin 'inertia' (sluggishness, idleness) + '-al' (adjective suffix). Newton formalized this as a physics law in the 1600s, giving the medieval Latin concept scientific precision.
Kelly Says
Inertia explains both why you lurch forward when a car brakes suddenly AND why it's hard to get motivated on a Monday morning—the same physical principle applies to matter and to human motivation, which is why the word works for both.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
inertial
in-er-tial
ARالعربية
inertial
in-er-tial
BNবাংলা
inertial
in-er-tial
CACatalà
inercial
in-er-cial
CSČeština
inerciální
in-er-ci-al-ni
DADansk
inertielt
in-er-ti-elt
DEDeutsch
inertial
in-er-tial
ELΕλληνικά
inertial
in-er-tial
ESEspañol
inercial
in-er-cial
FAفارسی
inertial
in-er-tial
FISuomi
inertiaalinen
in-er-tia-al-inen
FRFrançais
inertiel
in-er-ti-el
HEעברית
inertial
in-er-tial
HIहिन्दी
inertial
in-er-tial
HUMagyar
inerciális
in-er-cia-lis
IDBahasa Indonesia
inertial
in-er-tial
ITItaliano
inerziale
in-er-zi-ale
MSBahasa Melayu
inertial
in-er-tial
MYမြန်မာ
inertial
in-er-tial
NLNederlands
inertiële
in-er-ti-e-le
NONorsk
inertiell
in-er-ti-ell
PLPolski
inercyjny
in-er-cy-ny
PTPortuguês
inercial
in-er-cial
RORomână
inerțial
in-er-tial
RUРусский
inertial
in-er-tial
SVSvenska
inertiell
in-er-ti-ell
SWKiswahili
inertial
in-er-tial
TAதமிழ்
inertial
in-er-tial
TEతెలుగు
inertial
in-er-tial
THไทย
inertial
in-er-tial
TRTürkçe
inersiyel
in-er-si-yel
UKУкраїнська
inertial
in-er-tial
URاردو
inertial
in-er-tial
VITiếng Việt
inertial
in-er-tial
ZH中文
惯性 (guànxìng)
guan-xing