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inertial

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɜː.ʃəl/
Canada, General-American: /ɪˈnɝ.ʃəl/
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ʃəl
CMU ARPABET: IH2 N ER1 SH AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Of, relating to, or depending on inertia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to inertia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From inertia + -al.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Czech: setrvačný — related to inertia
Czech: inerciální — related to inertia
Finnish: hitaus- — related to inertia
Finnish: inertia- — related to inertia
Finnish: inertiaalinen — related to inertia
French: inertiel — related to inertia
German: Inertial- — related to inertia
Hungarian: inerciális — related to inertia
Hungarian: tehetetlenségi — related to inertia
Polish: inercyjny — related to inertia
Polish: bezwładnościowy — related to inertia
Romanian: inerțial — related to inertia
Russian: инерцио́нный (inerciónnyj) — related to inertia
Spanish: inercial — related to inertia
Ukrainian: інерці́йний (inercíjnyj) — related to inertia

Word forms

Inflections and variants

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Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: gravitoinertial, inertial compensator, inertial confinement fusion, inertial electrostatic confinement, inertial frame of reference, inertial frame, inertial guidance, inertial inflation, inertially, inertial mass, inertial navigation system, inertial navigation unit, inertial platform, inertial propulsion engine, inertial reference, inertial reference system, inertial reference unit, inertial space, inertial tracking device, isoinertial, noninertial, subinertial, superinertial

Related: inertia

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