inertiae [Lat.], inertion†, inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence &c
265; latency, inaction; passivity.
mental inertness; sloth &c (inactivity) 683; inexcitability &c 826
[Obs.]; irresolution &c 605; obstinacy &c 606; permanence &c 141.
rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity.
V. be inert &c adj.; hang fire, smolder.
Adj. inert, inactive, passive; torpid &c 683; sluggish, dull, heavy,
flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt; unreactive; lifeless, dead,
uninfluential†.
latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted†.
Adv. inactively &c adj.; in suspense, in abeyance.