inert

Examples

• All

• Teflon, a marvelously inert substance, will make ideal feet for this.

• So here's the question, do you need the inert substance to do the healing?

• Aluminum sulfate has less than 0.1 percent inerts by weight, while iron salts normally vary from 0.1 to 0.75 percent, and lime typically has 5 to 10 percent.

  Academic text (1998)

• Features a complete line of vacuum fluids for mechanical and diffusion vacuum pumps, including a line of cost-effective silicone diffusion pump fluids and synthetic inert products.

  Academic text (1997)

• In many chemical processes, an inert gas is used to create a stable environment.

• The use of an inert substance is crucial in ensuring accurate test results for the new medication.

Synonyms

R

retardant

vsinert

• Specialized

20 6.8

A material that slows or stops burning and other unwanted reactions

is a passive nonreactive material rather than an active slowing agent

I

inerton

vsinert

• Specialized

9.9

A substance that does not react with other chemicals

is presented as a substance used to prevent chemical reactions

Antonyms

A

active

• Specialized

44 3.2

Causing a direct effect, as with a medicine ingredient

R

reactive

• Specialized

5 5.1

Likely to take part in chemical reactions

Compounds

I

inert gas

• Specialized

3 4.0

A gas that does not react with other substances, like helium or argon

How Reactive

explosive

• Specialized

336 5.5

reactive

• Specialized

5 5.1

inert

• Specialized

1 7.1

Surface Forms

Etymology