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Hawthorne . . . marveled that this mysterious substance called electricity could transmit signals across thousands of miles and make inert machines spring suddenly to life. What is the meaning of the underlined term?

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Inactive

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cuz i said so

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The underlined term, inert, means inactive in this passage. It is used to describe the machines as having no life and capable of doing nothing prior to the electricity, but once the power hit them they sprang to life and moved and whirred on their own performing tasks.
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