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inertial fusion
inertial guidance
inertial mass
inertial reference frame
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inessential
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inevitable

in·ev·i·ta·ble [ in évvitəb'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
unavoidable: impossible to avoid or to prevent from happening



noun 
Definition:
 
something certain: something that is certain to happen
deciding to accept the inevitable

[15th century. < Latin inevitabilis "not avoidable" < evitare "shun"]

in·ev·i·ta·bil·i·ty [ in èvvitə bíllətee ] noun
in·ev·i·ta·bly adverb
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