inertia
US /ɪˈnɚʃə/
・UK /ɪˈnɜ:ʃə/
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n. (u.)Uncountable NounLack of movement or activity
The government inertia after Hurricane Katrina caused a lot of damage
n. (u.)Uncountable NounThe tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion.
The inertia of an object is related to its mass.
n. (u.)Uncountable NounA tendency to remain unchanged; a lack of energy or motivation.
The organization was hampered by inertia and a lack of vision.
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- We must act decisively, choose cooperation over fragmentation, unity over division, and action over inertia before the window to deliver on our shared commitment closes.
We must act decisively, choose cooperation over fragmentation, unity over division, and action over inertia before the window to deliver on our shared commitment closes.
- action over inertia, before the window to deliver on our shared commitment closes.
action over inertia, before the window to deliver on our shared commitment closes.
President Obama Delivers the Rutgers University Commencement Address
- You'll look at things with fresh eyes, unencumbered by the biases and blind spots and inertia and general crankiness of your parents and grandparents and oldheads like me.
You'll look at things with fresh eyes, unencumbered by the biases and blind spots and inertia and general crankiness of your parents and grandparents and oldheads like me.
- by the biases and blind spots and inertia and
by the biases and blind spots and inertia and
「質の良い睡眠」って何？5段階のレベルで説明 | 5 Levels | WIRED Japan
- When people drop into deep sleep, and then they're woken up out of a nap, most people report that they feel way worse than they did before they took the nap, and that's because you've been in deep sleep, and it's this term called sleep inertia.
When people drop into deep sleep, and then they're woken up out of a nap, most people report that they feel way worse than they did before they took the nap, and that's because you've been in deep sleep, and it's this term called sleep inertia.
- And that's because you've been in deep sleep, and it's this term called sleep inertia.
And that's because you've been in deep sleep, and it's this term called sleep inertia.
Overnight Success: Gary Vaynerchuk
- ("Inertia" by Irregular Expression)
("Inertia" by Irregular Expression)
- ("Inertia" by Irregular Expression)
("Inertia" by Irregular Expression)
Stanford Roundtable 2014: The climate conversation you haven’t heard
- The first is that there's a tremendous amount of inertia in the way climate change works.
The first is that there's a tremendous amount of inertia in the way climate change works.
- Some of this inertia is a result of emissions that have already occurred and the physics, and some of it is inertia as a result of the infrastructure that we have, the coal-fired power plants, all the electricity generation.
Some of this inertia is a result of emissions that have already occurred and the physics, and some of it is inertia as a result of the infrastructure that we have, the coal-fired power plants, all the electricity generation.
Why Does My Brain Sleep?
- Certainly, if you can take sleep, have a short sleep period, you have to be a little bit careful after a nap, though, because what happens upon waking up from a nap or a normal night of sleep is that you have something called sleep inertia, which is that it's just like the car engine.
Certainly, if you can take sleep, have a short sleep period, you have to be a little bit careful after a nap, though, because what happens upon waking up from a nap or a normal night of sleep is that you have something called sleep inertia, which is that it's just like the car engine.
- Certainly, if you can take sleep, have a short sleep period, you have to be a little bit careful after a nap, though, because what happens upon waking up from a nap or a normal night of sleep is that you have something called sleep inertia, which is that it's just like the car engine.
Certainly, if you can take sleep, have a short sleep period, you have to be a little bit careful after a nap, though, because what happens upon waking up from a nap or a normal night of sleep is that you have something called sleep inertia, which is that it's just like the car engine.
Death By China 2012 (with subtitles)
- So how do we, the people, overcome the power and influence of the big multinational companies and the deadly inertia of our political leadership to bring about long-overdue changes in the U.S.-China trade relationship?
So how do we, the people, overcome the power and influence of the big multinational companies and the deadly inertia of our political leadership to bring about long-overdue changes in the U.S.-China trade relationship?
- AND THE DEADLY INERTIA
AND THE DEADLY INERTIA
Taking The Emergency Exit From A Wind Turbine
- It's an inertia device.
It's an inertia device.
- It's an inertia device.
It's an inertia device.
Why You're Always Tired (and how to fix it)
- Studies have shown that melodic alarms, like those that play music, not only reduce perceived sleep inertia and tiredness in the morning, but actually improve psychomotor abilities and reduce attention issues compared to neutral alarms.
Studies have shown that melodic alarms, like those that play music, not only reduce perceived sleep inertia and tiredness in the morning, but actually improve psychomotor abilities and reduce attention issues compared to neutral alarms.
- And if your alarm goes off in the middle of deep sleep, you're way more likely to feel sleep inertia and groggy when woken up.
And if your alarm goes off in the middle of deep sleep, you're way more likely to feel sleep inertia and groggy when woken up.
Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in the United States
- The fourth fundamental fact is that that harm will continue to grow for some time to come, both because of the time lags and inertia built into the Earth's climate system, but
The fourth fundamental fact is that that harm will continue to grow for some time to come, both because of the time lags and inertia built into the Earth's climate system, but
- also the inertia in civilization's energy system.
also the inertia in civilization's energy system.