(n.) 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.
(n.) Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness.
(n.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased.
Example Sentences:
(1) During follow-ups ranging from 23.2 to 26.7 months, six of eight patients with colonic inertia failed to improve compared with only one of seven with distal slowing.
(2) An analysis involved a 4-element substitute model of vascular system which included: compliance, inertia, vascular resistance, and peripheral resistance.
(3) The differential component force Fm - Fa provides the ventricular impulse needed to overcome the inertia of the system due to (1) the mass of the blood, (2) the geometrical constriction of the outflow tract as one moves downstream (Bernoulli effect), and (2) the moving ventricular walls.
(4) In these phases, it was necessary to compensate for sway induced by body inertia.
(5) The Saudis and other Gulf states still support rebel fighting formations – as much because of inertia and hostility to Iran as anything else – but western backing is on a downward trajectory as concerns mount about the risks of blowback from al-Qaida-linked groups.
(6) The elongate and slim shape of the trunk provides great mass moments of inertia and that means stability against being flexed ventrally and dorsally by the forward and rearward movements of the heavy and long hindlimbs.
(7) The 4 functional failures were observed in patients with associated anorectal disorders (anismus, colon inertia).
(8) Graphic: theguardian.com Senior special operations officials have cited the detentions policy inertia as contributing to the tacit preference for killing terrorism suspects instead of capturing them.
(9) in experiments of car-crash simulations), as well as in the calculation of inertia values using computerized tomography images.
(10) A technique of cephalic perforation and fetal bone screw application is described in 9 cases of severe abruptio placentae complicated by intra-uterine fetal death and uterine inertia.
(11) Response is dependent upon the external impulse plus system inertia, damping and stiffness.
(12) Such a coalition could break through the inertia and subterfuge now deadlocking the negotiations.
(13) There’s just inertia and a lack of looking into ourselves to find the solutions.” Recently, Buck had told her brother about fuel money for ambulances being diverted.
(14) Perceived orientation was found to be dependent on the eigenvectors of the object's inertia tensor, computed about the point of rotation in the wrist, rather than on its spatial orientation.
(15) Only a part of the patients who present with chronic obstipation have colonic inertia which is characterized by a slow transit through the entire colon.
(16) The data suggest an economy in motor control in simple agravitational movements, whereby relatively simple transformations of an underlying representation can accommodate large changes in movement amplitude and moment of inertia.
(17) After cesarean section she developed uterine inertia and acute hemorrhagic anemia complicated by sepsis, disseminated intravascular coagulation and total anuria for 4 weeks.
(18) Using the Farnsworth D-15 panel, as an example, we specify how to determine CDVs and demonstrate the benefits of calculating a moment of inertia for the analysis of these vectors.
(19) Results indicate that admitting patterns are explained primarily by convenience and inertia processes characteristic of consumer behavior.
(20) Moments and products of inertia about the segment mass centroid were calculated and the principal moments and axes determined from the ellipsoid of inertia.
Moment
Definition:
(n.) A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.
(n.) Impulsive power; force; momentum.
(n.) Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
(n.) An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
(n.) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
(n.) Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the moment we are, if anything, slightly lagging."
(2) Jonker kept sticking his nose in the corner and not really cooperating, but then came a moment of stillness.
(3) A triphasic pattern was evident for the neck moments including a small phase which represented a seating of the headform on the nodding blocks of the uppermost ATD neck segment, and two larger phases of opposite polarity which represented the motion of the head relative to the trunk during the first 350 ms after impact.
(4) Moments later, Strauss introduces the bold human character with an energetic, upwards melody which he titles "the climb" in the score.
(5) It is a moment to be grateful for what remains of Labour's hard left: an amendment to scrap the cap was at least tabled by John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn but stood no chance.
(6) I just know that in that moment he’s not in condition to carry on in the game.
(7) It is an intriguing moment: the new culture secretary, Sajid Javid, who was brought in to replace Maria Miller last month, is something of an unknown quantity.
(8) Such a science puts men in a couple of scientific laws and suppresses the moment of active doing (accepting or refusing) as a sufficient preassumption of reality.
(9) Provided that adequate reflection is given and the appropriate moment chosen, it is well tolerated and provides all the necessary information.
(10) At the moment the MPA makes the appointments in consultation with the Met commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson.
(11) Moments later, explosive charges blasted free two tungsten blocks, to shift the balance of the probe so it could fly itself to a prearranged landing spot .
(12) Conservative commentators responded with fury to what they believed was inappropriate meddling at a crucial moment in the town hall debate.
(13) "At the moment there are about 1,600 criminal justice firms, and they all have a contract with the lord chancellor.
(14) But at least one customer signalled that America's gun lobby might be on the cusp of a moment of introspection.
(15) One of the things Yang has said he wants to investigate is: "This state we're in ... a moment when we have to negotiate our past while inventing our present."
(16) At the moment they’re playing some of the best football I’ve seen from any Tottenham team for many, many years.
(17) The history of events at the end of 2010, from the moment on 4 November when Cable called in the regulators, shows how relentlessly James Murdoch and his PR man Frédéric Michel lobbied and berated the politicians who were trying to stand in their way.
(18) Can somebody who is not a billionaire, who stands for working families, actually win an election into which billionaires are pouring millions of dollars?” Naming prominent and controversial rightwing donors, he said: “It is not just Hillary, it is the Koch brothers, it is Sheldon Adelson.” Stephanopoulos seized the moment, asking: “Are you lumping her in with them?” Choosing to refer to the 2010 supreme court decision that removed limits on corporate political donations, rather than address the question directly, Sanders replied: “What I am saying is that I get very frightened about the future of American democracy when this becomes a battle between billionaires.
(19) It is that beautiful moment when the original Metamorphosis is destroyed so that it can be refashioned for a global community of readers in dire need of new forms of storytelling.
(20) It came in a mix of joy and sorrow and brilliance under pressure, with one of the most remarkable things you will ever see on a basketball court in the biggest moment.