English Dictionary

inertia

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈɝ.ʃə/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

(physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. / (figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

日本語の意味

（物理学）物体がその質量により示す、外力が加わった際に状態変化しにくい性質、すなわち慣性 / （比喩的に）新しい行動や変化に抵抗し、現状に留まろうとする性質、惰性

Because of inertia, the heavy crate kept sliding forward when the truck braked suddenly.

慣性のため、その重い箱はトラックが急ブレーキをかけたときに前方に滑り続けた。

意味（1）

(physics, uncountable or countable) The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.

意味（2）

(figuratively) In a person, unwillingness to take action.

Men […] have immense irresolution and inertia.

意味（3）

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

inertias （ plural ）

inertiae （ plural ）

inertiæ （ plural ）