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torpedo — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • inertness noun Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion
  • lethargy noun A lack of energy and enthusiasm; sluggishness or drowsiness.
  • sluggishness noun The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.

Senses

torpedo is used for these senses in English:

  • electric ray Any of the group of rays of the order Torpedodiniformes, which can produce an electric discharge.
  • lethargy A state of extreme torpor, sopor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion, energy or enthusiasm; (loosely) sluggishness, laziness. [from 14th c.]
  • sluggishness The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly.

inertness — full definition

  1. noun Lack of activity or exertion; habitual indisposition to action or motion
  2. noun Absence of the power of self-motion; inertia.
  3. noun Quality of being unreactive with other chemical compounds or elements.

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