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Definition of Inertias

Inertia
Inertia In*er"ti*a, n. [L., idleness, fr. iners idle. See Inert.] 1. (Physics) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or direction, unless acted on by some external force; -- sometimes called vis inerti[ae]. 2. Inertness; indisposition to motion, exertion, or action; want of energy; sluggishness. Men . . . have immense irresolution and inertia. --Carlyle. 3. (Med.) Want of activity; sluggishness; -- said especially of the uterus, when, in labor, its contractions have nearly or wholly ceased. Center of inertia. (Mech.) See under Center.

Meaning of Inertias from wikipedia

- Inertia is the natural tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes the velocity to change...
- of inertia, otherwise known as the m**** moment of inertia, angular/rotational m****, second moment of m****, or most accurately, rotational inertia, of...
- Look up inertia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Inertia is the resistance of a physical object to change in its velocity. Inertia may also refer to:...
- The moment of inertia, denoted by I, measures the extent to which an object resists rotational acceleration about a particular axis; it is the rotational...
- Inertia, in comics, may refer to: Inertia (Marvel Comics), Edith Freiberg, a **** Army private Inertia (DC Comics), Thaddeus Thawne, a supervillainous...
- Sleep inertia is a physiological state of impaired cognitive and sensory-motor performance that is present immediately after awakening. It persists during...
- In psychology and sociology, social inertia or cultural inertia is the resistance to change or the permanence of stable relationships possibly outdated...
- Sylvester's law of inertia is a theorem in matrix algebra about certain properties of the coefficient matrix of a real quadratic form that remain invariant...
- In planetary sciences, the moment of inertia factor or normalized polar moment of inertia is a dimensionless quantity that characterizes the radial distribution...
- Cognitive inertia is the tendency – for a particular orientation in an individual's thinking about a matter, belief, or strategy – to resist change. Clinical...