in·er·tia 
(ĭ-nûrshə)
(ĭ-nûrshə)n.
1. Physics The tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force; the resistance of a body to changes in momentum.
2. Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change: an entrenched bureaucracy's inertia.
[Latin, idleness, from iners, inert-, inert; see INERT.]
in·ertial adj.
in·ertial·ly adv.
- liveness
- live oak
- live off/on the fat of the land
- live off the fat of the land
- live on the fat of the land
- live out
- live parking
- liver
- liver
- liver extract
- liver fluke
- liveried
- liverish
- liverishness
- liverleaf
- Livermore
- livermorium
- Liverpool
- Liverpudlian
- liver rot
- liver spot
- liverwort
- liverwurst
- livery
- liveryman