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  • 31inert — adjective forces that once drove the economy have become inert Syn: unmoving, motionless, immobile, inanimate, still, stationary, static; dormant, sleeping; unconscious, comatose, lifeless, insensible, insensate, insentient; idle, inactive,… …

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  • 32inert — [ɪˈnɜːt] adj 1) not moving 2) science an inert substance does not produce a chemical reaction when it is mixed with other substances …

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  • 33inert — adj (inert, a) KEMI obenägen att reagera med andra ämnen, inerta gaser …

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  • 34inert — [17] The ert of inert is the same word as art. The word comes from Latin iners, which originally meant ‘unskilled’, but soon developed semantically to ‘inactive’. It was formed with the negative prefix in from ars ‘skill’, source of English art.… …

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  • 35Inert gas — Inert gases is also used in a narrower sense for noble gases. An inert gas is any gas that is not reactive with elements.Like the noble gases an inert gas is not necessarily elemental and are often molecular gases. Like the noble gases the… …

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  • 36Inert knowledge — is information which one can express but not use. The process of understanding by learners does not happen to that extent where the knowledge can be used for effective problem solving in realistic situations. [Mary L. Gick and Keith J. Holyoak… …

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  • 37Inert gas generator — (IGG) refers to machinery on board marine product tankers. Inert gas generators consist distinctively of a burning and cooling chamber. Atmospheric air is burned so that it contains less than 8% oxygen, thereby creating inert gas . This gas is… …

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  • 38Inert waste — is waste which is neither chemically or biologically reactive and will not decompose. Examples of this are sand, drywall, and concrete. This has particular relevance to landfills as inert waste typically requires lower disposal fees than… …

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  • 39inert chromosome — inert chromosome. См. инертная хромосома. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

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  • 40inert segment — inert segment. См. инертный сегмент. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

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