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Inaction Inaction In*ac"tion, n. [Pref. in. not + action: cf.
inaction.]
Want of action or activity; forbearance from labor; idleness;
rest; inertness. --Berkeley.
Inactive Inactive In*ac"tive, a. [Pref. in- not + active: cf. F.
inactif.]
1. Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can
not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself,
inactive.
2. Not disposed to action or effort; not diligent or
industrious; not busy; idle; as, an inactive officer.
3. (Chem. & Opt.) Not active; inert; esp., not exhibiting any
action or activity on polarized light; optically neutral;
-- said of isomeric forms of certain substances, in
distinction from other forms which are optically active;
as, racemic acid is an inactive tartaric acid.
Syn: Inert; dull; sluggish; idle; indolent; slothful; lazy.
See Inert.
inactive tartaric acid Mesotartaric Mes`o*tar*tar"ic, a. [Meso- + tartaric.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid called also inactive
tartaric acid.
inactive valeric acid Valeric Va*ler"ic, a. (Chem.)
Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three
metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also
inactive valeric acid), C4H9CO2H, is obtained from
valerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily
liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old
cheese.
Active valeric acid, a metameric variety which turns the
plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the
oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.
Inactively Inactively In*ac"tive*ly, adv.
In an inactive manner. --Locke.
Inactose Inactose In*ac"tose, n. (Chem.)
A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically
inactive.
Inactuate Inactuate In*ac"tu*ate, v. t.
To put in action. [Obs.]
Inactuation Inactuation In*ac`tu*a"tion, n.
Operation. [Obs.]
Optically inactive Optically active, Optically inactive (Chem. Physics),
terms used of certain metameric substances which, while
identical with each other in other respects, differ in
this, viz., that they do or do not produce right-handed or
left-handed circular polarization of light.
Optically positive, Optically negative. See under
Refraction.
