Definition of Inertia

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Inertia

That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inertiae.

Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.

Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.

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Inertia Quotations

Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but enforces it, thus neatly eliminating all problems of guilt. It is now the only place in our overly active world that does.
John Kenneth Galbraith

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.
Elbert Hubbard

What I think we fear is rapid, pronounced, and uncontrollable changes to ourselves, and because of this we have a form of personality inertia - something that resists rapid change.
Simon Travaglia

We need what I have often called an ecological approach to the management of these resources and we do not have that now. We have the inertia of past habits, unsustainable habits.
Maurice Strong

Inertia is a powerful force in human and political affairs.
Maurice Strong

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
Ben Stein

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.
Kevin Kelly

Human inertia makes the everyday environment, the furniture, as it were, appear to be a given.
Todd Gitlin

I've encountered a lot of people who sound like critics but very few who have substantive criticisms. There is a lot of skepticism, but it seems to be more a matter of inertia than it is of people having some real reason for thinking something else.
K. Eric Drexler

Well, I have also believed in empowering the individual and believe there is a degree of inertia in big government that hampers the ability to respond to a rapidly evolving crisis.
Michael Burgess

Inertia Translations

inertia in French is inertie, alourdissement
inertia in Italian is accidia
inertia in Spanish is inercia, indolencia

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