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- (verb) : to render inert or inactive : to make safe by taking away the ability to function
- We are inerting the machine and chemical tanks from the attached vessel.
—Robert W. Arruda, Industrial Safety
- Submitted by: Anonymous on Jun. 12, 2008 10:54
- inertial dampers (noun) : Inertial dampers are a system used on almost all starships of the future to counter the effects of rapid acceleration/deceleration of a vessel by sustaining and absorbing kinetic energy.
- If a starship were to jump to warp speed without using inertial dampers, the members of the crew would almost certainly die as the force of moving and stopping so rapidly would tear them to shreds.
- Submitted by: J.C. Moore from Pennsylvania on Aug. 20, 2007 10:16
- inerting (noun) : the process of converting from flammable or reactive conditions into a safe non-flammable state by the addition of an inert fluid (such as nitrogen)
- Submitted by: Anonymous on Jun. 12, 2008 10:59
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