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Inertia
01
inercie
a tendency toward inactivity and stability
Example
Cultural inertia can impede the acceptance of new ideas in a traditional society.
Overcoming personal inertia, she finally took the initiative to pursue her goals.
Despite numerous challenges, the political system exhibited an inertia against reform.
02
setrvačnost
the tendency of an object to resist changes in its state of motion, whether at rest or in uniform motion, and to remain in its current state unless acted upon by an external force
Example
The concept of inertia is encapsulated in Newton's first law of motion, stating that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an external force.
When a car suddenly stops, the passengers inside experience a forward motion due to their inertia, a phenomenon known as " inertia in action. "
In space, where there is no air resistance, an object set in motion will continue moving indefinitely due to its inertia.
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