A substance that will not chemically reactive – inert growing mediums make it easy to control the chemistry of the nutrient solution.
Inert may refer to:
- Chemically inert, not chemically reactive
- Inert knowledge, information which one can express but not use
- Inert ingredient, a component of the excipient of a pharmaceutical drug
- Inert munition, a round that does not contain any energetic material
- Inert prime, a type of behaviour of a prime under an algebraic extension
- Inert waste, waste which is neither chemically nor biologically reactive and will not decompose
English
Etymology
From French inerte, from Latin iners (“inactive, inert”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɜːt/, /ɪˈnɜːt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪnˈɝt/, /ənˈɝt/, /ɪˈnɝt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Adjective
inert (comparative more inert, superlative most inert)
- Unable to move or act; inanimate.
- Synonyms: dormant