noninert
/ˌnɑnɪˈnɜrt/
adjective
- Not chemically inactive; able to react or change.
- The lab uses noninert materials that react under certain conditions.
- Noninert gases can form compounds with other elements.
- Unlike helium, some noninert substances are dangerous to store without precautions.
- Active or moving; not still or lifeless.
- In a noninert state, the particles vibrate and collide with each other.
- The volcano was noninert, with steam rising from its crater.
- The artist preferred noninert poses, capturing subjects in motion.
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