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inertia Galileo's principle principle of inertia Galileo principle Inertia of rest

(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force WordNet 3.0

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(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Inertia is the tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion, and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes its speed or direction to change. Wikipedia

Resistance of a physical object to change in its velocity. Wikipedia Disambiguation

The tendency of an object to remain in its existing state of motion is called its inertia Wikidata

The property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass. OmegaWiki

IS A

mechanical phenomenon

physical phenomenon

HAS KIND

moment of inertia

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physics

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary