 | Education - 1905 - 626 pages
...virtue of which some bodies resist any attempt to force a passage between their particles. Inertia is that property of matter by which it te-nds when at...remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same direction, unless acted on by some external force. 2. The wheel shown is a lever of... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1910 - 538 pages
...; powerless ar an effect or influence ; inactive ; sluggish. — Iner'tia, -er'shl-a, n. (fhyiics.) That property of matter by which it tends when at...remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion. Indisposition to move; inactivity; sluggishness.— Ines'timable,-tTma-bl, a. Incapable of being estimated... | |
 | Nehemiah Hawkins - Electricity - 1910 - 570 pages
...attributed to a property of the particles of the iron known as magnetic viscosity. Vis Inertia*. — That property of matter by which it tends when at...remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion; inertia. Visual Angle. — An angle formed by the intersection of two lines conceived to be drawn from... | |
 | James John Lewis - Ophthalmology - 1916 - 310 pages
...induces it in another body without direct contact. Inertia (in-er'-shi-a). (L. idleness.) (Physics.) That property of matter by which it tends when at...remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction unless acted upon by some external force. Infiltration (in-fll-tra'-shun).... | |
 | Henry Adams - Historians - 1918 - 538 pages
...troubled wiser men than he. The dictionary said that inertia was a property of matter, by which matter tends, when at rest, to remain so, and, when in motion, to move on in a straight line. Finding that his mind refused to imagine itself at rest or in a straight... | |
 | Shankerbhai Galabhai Patel - English language - 1924 - 992 pages
...Dull;elug^ieh ч*€ <ä(^d. 3. t'owerlesg for an Inertia,(tí4r«.síH)n.That properby of iM-ii ; r by which it tends when at rest to remain so and when in mobion to continue in motionw¿cll; «U4; »^¿сч. 3 Inertnes8;indiep08Íbion to move: .4f. Sluggishnees:... | |
 | Arthur G. Clement, Morton Christian Collister, Ernest Lawton Thurston - Science - 1928 - 650 pages
...a magnet. Induc'tance coil: A device in a radio sending set for regulating wave length. Iner'tia: A property of matter by which it tends, when at rest, to remain at rest, and when in motion, to continue in motion. Infec'tion: The taking of a disease from germs... | |
 | N. R. Ranina, Rustam N. Ranina - Foreign Language Study - 2003 - 656 pages
...ача\д^. 2. Very slow to net; dull; sluggish: X'i. 3. Powerless for an effect: Inertia, (iTlwaii) n. That property of matter by which it tends when...remain so and when in motion to continue in motion: «r4cU: «U4; «ЧсЧ. 2. Inertness; indisposition to move: anaigi; ача|Л1<11; чЧ*' Inertly,... | |
 | Henry Adams - Biography & Autobiography - 2008 - 458 pages
...troubled wiser men than he. The dictionary said that inertia was a property of matter, by which matter tends, when at rest, to remain so, and, when in motion, to move on in a straight line. Finding that his mind refused to imagine itself at rest or in a straight... | |
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The dictionary said that inertia was a property of matter, by which matter tends, when at rest, to remain so, and, when in motion, to move on in a straight line. 
