Inert
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Inert may refer to:
Biology and chemistry
- Chemically inert, not chemically reactive
- Inert gas, a gas that is not chemically reactive
- Inert gas, an old name for noble gas
- Inert ingredient, a component of the excipient of a pharmaceutical drug
- Inert matter, a matter that is not alive. See Life#Range of tolerance
Number theory
- Inert prime, a type of behaviour of a prime under an algebraic extension.
Munitions
- Inert munition, a dummy round that does not contain any energetic material