inertia

«inertia» in Mova's school dictionary: The way an object stays still or keeps moving at the same… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (inertia — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (science) The way an object stays still or keeps moving at the same speed in a straight line until a force changes it. tree →

2) Lack of energy or wish to move or change: laziness. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on forces and Newton's first law, and road safety (seatbelts stop your body flying forward). In everyday life, feeling too sluggish to start. Phrases: law of inertia, overcome inertia.

examples

• When the bus stops suddenly, inertia keeps you moving forward. tree →
• Seatbelts protect you against inertia in a crash. tree →
• A heavy trolley has more inertia than a light one. tree →
• Pull the tablecloth fast and inertia keeps the plates in place. tree →
• After the holiday, inertia kept me on the sofa. tree →
• Newton's first law is called the law of inertia. tree →

note

Uncountable. Say in-ER-sha. Myth: things do not stop because they run out of force; friction and other forces stop them. More mass means more inertia.

In the corpora

• Moving things keep moving the way they are going until something stops or turns them; this is inertia.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «inertia» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.