physical inertness

Roget category 172

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.8. Causation
›› 1.8.3. Power in operation

#172. Physical Inertness

noun

inertness, dullness etc. adj. — inertia, vis inertiae [Lat.], inertion^†, inactivity, torpor, languor — quiescence etc. 265 — latency, inaction — passivity.
mental inertness — sloth etc. (inactivity) 683 — inexcitability etc. 826^† — irresolution etc. 605 — obstinacy etc. 606 — permanence etc. 141.
rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity.

verb

be inert etc. adj. — hang fire, smolder.

adjective

inert, inactive, passive — torpid etc. 683 — sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt — unreactive — lifeless, dead, uninfluential^†.
latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted^†.

adverb

inactively etc. adj. — in suspense, in abeyance.

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