#172. Physical Inertness.-- N. inertness, dullness &c. adj.; inertia, vis inertiae[Latin], inertion[obs], inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence &c. 265; latency, inaction; passivity.
mental inertness; sloth &c. (inactivity) 683; inexcitability &c. 826[obs]; irresolution &c. 605; obstinacy &c. 606; permanence &c. 141.
rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity.
V. be -inert &c. adj.; hang fire, smolder.
Adj. inert, inactive, passive; torpid &c. 683; sluggish, dull, heavy, flat, slack, tame, slow, blunt; unreactive; lifeless, dead, uninfluential[obs].
latent, dormant, smoldering, unexerted[obs].
Adv. inactively &c. adj.; in suspense, in abeyance.