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INERT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slow and apathetic
Example:
a mind grown torpid in old age
Synonyms:
inert; sluggish; soggy; torpid
Classified under:
Similar:
inactive (not active physically or mentally)
Derivation:
inertness (immobility by virtue of being inert)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Unable to move or resist motion
Classified under:
Similar:
nonmoving; unmoving (not in motion)
Derivation:
inertness (immobility by virtue of being inert)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive
Example:
an indifferent chemical in a reaction
Synonyms:
indifferent; inert; neutral
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unreactive ((chemistry) not reacting chemically)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Context examples:
Tissue regeneration would be an attractive alternative, because inert materials can fail with time and don’t provide the full function of the tissue.
(Laser Therapy Prompts Regeneration in Teeth, NIH)
A solid, semi-solid, solution or suspension exhibiting an altered inherent rate of release of active and/or inert ingredient(s).
(Modified Release Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
Most people think of pollen as being pretty inert in the atmosphere, and it's not.
(Estimating how pollen particles in the atmosphere influence climate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A solid composed of a material that contains active and/or inert ingredient(s) which is intended to be placed in a cavity or depression within the body.
(Packing Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
A system that is placed in the eye, usually under the lower eyelid, from which the active and/or inert ingredient(s) diffuses through a membrane at a controlled rate.
(Ocular System Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
The form in which active and/or inert ingredient(s) are physically presented.
(Pharmaceutical Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
Belcher stooped down and turned over the man’s inert head so as to show his features.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A suspension composed of active and/or inert ingredient(s) that requires reconstitution and is intended oral administration.
(Oral Reconstituted Suspension Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
The MOF we chose is made of a zirconium based metal node and we've done a lot of studies that show zirconium is quite inert and it doesn't cause any toxicity issues.
(Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells, University of Cambridge)
While these microcapsules are in a dry environment, the microcapsules remain inert and keep the thyme essential oil encapsulated.
(Thyme oil and corn starch prove deadly for mosquito larvae, SciDev.Net)
