Definitions

1. noun

a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged, or a property of matter that resists changes in its motion or rest.

“The car’s inertia made it difficult to stop in time.”

2. noun

a tendency to continue in a particular state or direction.

“The team’s momentum and inertia carried them through to the championship.”

3. noun

the resistance of an object to changes in its motion or rest.

“The mass of the object contributed to its inertia.”

4. noun

a property of matter that is a measure of its resistance to changes in its motion or rest.

“The physicist studied the inertia of the particle in the experiment.”