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inertia

[in-ur-shuh, ih-nur-] / ɪnˈɜr ʃə, ɪˈnɜr- /


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The major human spaceflight programs are supertankers, with tremendous inertia.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

This removes friction in consumption, stripping out inertia in subscriptions, constantly finding the cheapest and best option, reducing companies margins and thus profits.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026

At everyday scales, motion is shaped by forces such as gravity and inertia, which depend on an object's volume.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

As a movie lover who’s always hunting for new talent, new ideas and new stimuli, I used to view that as creative inertia.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Thus what Koyré took to be the key concept that made possible the new science, the concept of inertia, was, he held, constructed by Galileo thinking about everyday experience, by a mere thought experiment.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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