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Inertia
01
a tendency toward inactivity and stability
Examples
Cultural inertia can impede the acceptance of new ideas in a traditional society.
02
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
Examples
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.
