Question

define the following word
inertia​

Answer 1

Answer: inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness. Physics. the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force. an analogous property of a force: electric inertia.

Explanation:

Inertia is the resistance of any physical object to any change in its velocity. This includes changes to the object's speed, or direction of motion. ... Inertia comes from the Latin word, iners, meaning idle, sluggish.

Answer 2

Answer:

• the resistance an object has to a change in its state of motion. Newton's conception of inertia stood in direct opposition to more popular conceptions about motion. The dominant thought prior to Newton's day was that it was the natural tendency of objects to come to a rest position