inertness

English

Etymology

From inert +‎ -ness.

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Noun

inertness (usually uncountable, plural inertnesses)

1. Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion

   Synonyms: sluggishness, apathy, insensibility

2. Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
3. (chemistry) Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.

Translations

sluggishness

• French: inertie (fr)
• German: Trägheit (de)
• Italian: apatia (it) f, indolenza (it) f
• Latin: torpēdō (la) f
• Polish: bezwładność (pl) f
• Spanish: inercia (es) f

inertia

• Italian: inerzia (it) f
• Polish: bezwładność (pl) f
• Spanish: inercia (es) f

chemically unreactive

• Italian: inerzia (it) f
• Polish: obojętność (pl) f, bierność (pl) f, inercja (pl) f, pasywność (pl) f
• Spanish: inercia química f

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “inertness”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “inertness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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