Meaning of vis inertiae | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The natural resistance of matter to any force acting on it.
   uncountable
2. Inactivity; apathy.
   broadly, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A body, from the inactivity of matter⟳, is not without difficulty put⟳ out of its state of rest⟳ or motion. Upon which account, this Vis insita may, by a most significant name⟳, be called Vis inertiæ or Force⟳ of Inactivity.”

“I would have⟳ something that can dissipate the vis inertiæ and give⟳ elasticity to the muscles.”

“[H]er admonitions, tho' they were powerful enough to convince⟳, would have⟳ been insufficient to overcome⟳ the languor and vis inertiæ of her brother, had she not reinforced her arguments, by calling in question⟳ the credit of two or three merchants, with whom he was embarked in trade⟳.”

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