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  (ĭ-nûr'shə) pronunciation
n.
  1. Physics. The tendency of a body to resist acceleration; the tendency of a body at rest to remain at rest or of a body in straight line motion to stay in motion in a straight line unless acted on by an outside force.
  2. Resistance or disinclination to motion, action, or change: the inertia of an entrenched bureaucracy.

[Latin, idleness, from iners, inert-, inert. See inert.]

inertial in·er'tial adj.
inertially in·er'tial·ly adv.
 
 

That property of matter which manifests itself as a resistance to any change in the motion of a body. Thus when no external force is acting, a body at rest remains at rest and a body in motion continues moving in a straight line with a uniform speed (Newton's first law of motion). The mass of a body is a measure of its inertia. See also Mass.


 
Antonyms: inertia

n

Definition: disinclination to move; lifelessness
Antonyms: activity, animation, energy, life, liveliness, moving


 
(inur'shə)
n

According to Newton’s law of inertia, the tendency of a body that is at rest to remain at rest and a body that is in motion to continue in motion with constant speed in the same straight line unless acted on by an outside force.

 

Inherent property of a body that makes it oppose any force that would cause a change in its motion. A body at rest and a body in motion both oppose forces that might cause acceleration. The inertia of a body can be measured by its mass, which governs its resistance to the action of a force, or by its moment of inertia about a specified axis, which measures its resistance to the action of a torque about the same axis.

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The tendency of a body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line. Inertia has no units of measurement, but the amount of inertia a body has is proportional to its mass. The more massive an object, the more it resists any change in its state of motion, whether motionless or moving with a constant velocity.

 
(ĭnûr'shə) , in physics, the resistance of a body to any alteration in its state of motion, i.e., the resistance of a body at rest to being set in motion or of a body in motion to any change of speed or change in direction of motion. Inertia is a property common to all matter. This property was first observed by Galileo and restated by Newton as his first law of motion, sometimes called the law of inertia. Newton's second law of motion states that the external force required to affect the motion of a body is proportional to that acceleration. The constant of proportionality is known as the mass, which is the numerical value of the inertia; the greater the inertia of a body, the less is its acceleration for a given applied force.


 
(i-nur-shuh)

In physics, the tendency for objects at rest to remain at rest, and for objects in uniform motion to continue in motion in a straight line, unless acted on by an outside force. (See Newton's laws of motion.)

 

Inactivity, inability to move spontaneously.

  • colonic i. — weak muscular activity of the colon, leading to distention of the organ and constipation.
  • i. time — the time required to overcome the inertia of a muscle after reception of a stimulus from a nerve.
  • uterine i. — sluggishness of uterine contractions in labor.
 

Making use of an unusual property to prevent capsize
Inertia is a physical property of boats that is of great importance to seaworthiness. It is one of the principal ways by which a boat resists being capsized by waves.Inertia manifests itself in two different ways. Matter at rest wants to stay at rest: it resists being moved suddenly. When matter is moving, it wants to keep moving at the same speed in the same direction; again, it will resist any sudden changes.Thus, a wave breaking against the side of a boat with significant inertia will not immediately throw her over on her beam ends, as it might a boat lacking inertia.The deeper and heavier a boat, the more inertia she possesses. Heavy-displacement boats have up to five times greater roll moment of inertia than ultralight boats of the same length, according to research scientist and naval architect Tony Marchaj.A heavy mast on a sailboat or a tall tuna tower on a sportfisher provides considerable inertia and takes a lot of the jerkiness out of rolling, but also tends to lengthen the roll and perhaps exaggerate it. As in everything with yachts, you have to make compromises and find the happy medium.Inertia also affects hobbyhorsing, a boat’s tendency to plunge and rear excessively when heading into swells. Inertia makes her press her bows deeper into the water and rise higher than necessary. This detrimental effect can be mitigated by moving heavy weights such as anchor chains away from the ends of the boat and placing them more toward the middle.See also Capsize; Hobbyhorsing; Stability.


 
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IN BRIEF: The natural force in matter that makes it stay at rest or keep moving in a fixed direction unless acted upon by an outside force.

pronunciation So many fail because they don't get started — they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin. — W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur.

 
Quotes About: Inertia

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"Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful." - Samuel Beckett

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success." - Dorothea Brande

"The great thing is the start -- to see an opportunity for service, and to start doing it, even though in the beginning you serve but a single customer -- and him for nothing." - Robert Collier

"Once in motion, a pattern tends to stay in motion." - J. G. Gallimore

"Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still." - William Hazlitt

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action." - Napoleon Hill

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Wikipedia: inertia

Inertia is a property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics which are used to describe the motion of matter and how it is affected by applied forces. Today, it is most commonly defined using Sir Isaac Newton's third definition in Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica which states:


The vis insita, or innate force of matter is a power of resisting, by which every body as much as in it lies, continues in its present state, whether it be of rest, or of moving uniformly forwards in a right line [1][2].

The description of inertia presented by Newton's law is still considered the standard for classical physics, and has relations to the first law of motion due to its relation with motion. However, it has also been refined and expanded over time to reflect developments in understanding of relativity and quantum physics which have led to somewhat different (and more mathematical) interpretations in some of those fields.

Common usage of term

Inertia is the measure of the reluctance of the object to change either its state of rest or , if it is moving, its motion in a straight line. It should be emphasized that 'inertia' is a scientific principle, and thus not quantifiable. Therefore, contrary to popular belief, it is neither a force nor a measure of mass. In common usage, however, people may also use the term "inertia" to refer to an object's "amount of resistance to change in velocity" (which is quantified by its mass), and sometimes its momentum, depending on context (e.g. "this object has a lot of inertia"). The term "inertia" is more properly understood as a shorthand for "the principle of inertia as described by Newton in his First Law."

In simple terms we can say that "In an isolated system, a body at rest will remain at rest and a body moving with constant velocity will continue to do so, unless disturbed by an unbalanced force"

History and development of the concept

Early understanding of motion

Prior to the Renaissance in the 15th century, the generally accepted theory of motion in Western philosophy was that proposed by Aristotle (around 335 BC to 322 BC), which stated that in the absence of an external motive power, all objects (on earth) would naturally come to rest in a state of no movement, and that moving objects only continue to move so long as there is a power inducing them to do so. Aristotle explained the continued motion of projectiles, which are separated from their projector, by the action of the surrounding medium which continues to move the projectile in some way.[3] As a consequence, Aristotle concluded that such violent motion in a void was impossible for there would be nothing there to keep the body in motion against the resistance of its own gravity.[4] Then in a statement regarded by Newton as expressing his Principia's first law of motion, Aristotle continued by asserting that a body in (non-violent) motion in a void would continue moving forever if externally unimpeded:

[N]o one could say why a thing once set in motion should stop anywhere; for why should it stop here rather than here? So that a thing will either be at rest or must be moved ad infinitum, unless something more powerful gets in its way.[5]

Despite its remarkable success and general acceptance, Aristotle's concept of motion was disputed on several occasions by notable philosophers over the nearly 2 millennia of its reign. For example, Lucretius (following, presumably, Epicurus) clearly stated that the 'default state' of matter was motion, not stasis.[6] In the 6th century, John Philoponus criticized Aristotle's view, noting the inconsistency between Aristotle's discussion of projectiles, where the medium keeps projectiles going, and his discussion of the void, where the medium would hinder a body's motion. Philoponus proposed that motion was not maintained by the action of the surrounding medium but by some property implanted in the object when it was set in motion. This was not the modern concept of inertia, for there was still the need for a power to keep a body in motion.[7] This view was strongly opposed by Averroës and many scholastic philosophers who supported Aristotle. However this view did not go unchallenged in the Islamic world, where Philoponus did have several supporters.

Arabic theories

Main articles: Islamic science#Mechanics and Islamic science - Mechanics

Several Muslim scientists from the Islamic world wrote Arabic treatises on theories of motion that are considered precursors to the law of inertia. In the early 11th century, the Iraqi Arab scientist Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhacen) experimented on the motion of a body and discovered that a body moves perpetually unless an external force stops it or changes its direction of motion. Alhacen's theory of motion was thus similar to the modern law of inertia (now known as Newton's first law of motion) later stated by Galileo Galilei in the 16th century.[8]

Two-stage Theory of impetus according to Avicenna
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Two-stage Theory of impetus according to Avicenna

Alhacen's contemporary, the Persian scientist Ibn Sina (Latinized as Avicenna), developed a more elaborate theory of motion, in which he made a distinction between the inclination and force of a projectile, and concluded that motion was a result of an inclination (mayl) transferred to the projectile by the thrower, and that projectile motion in a vacuum would not cease.[9] He viewed inclination as a permanent force whose effect is dissipated by external forces such as air resistance.[10] His theory of motion was thus consistent with Newton's concept of inertia.[9] Avicenna also referred to mayl to as being proportional to weight times velocity, which was similar to Newton's theory of momentum.[11] Avicenna's concept of mayl was later used in Jean Buridan's theory of impetus.

The first scientist to reject Aristotle's idea that a constant force produces uniform motion was Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi in the early 12th century. He was the first to argue that a force applied continuously produces acceleration, a fundamental law of classical mechanics.[12]

Theory of impetus

Main article: Theory of impetus
See also: Conatus

In the 14th century, Jean Buridan rejected the notion that a motion-generating property, which he named impetus, dissipated spontaneously. Buridan's position was that a moving object would be arrested by the resistance of the air and the weight of the body which would oppose its impetus.[13] Buridan also maintained that impetus increased with speed; thus, his initial idea of impetus was similar in many ways to the modern concept of momentum. Despite the obvious similarities to more modern ideas of inertia, Buridan saw his theory as only a modification to Aristotle's basic philosophy, maintaining many other peripatetic views, including the belief that there was still a fundamental difference between an object in motion and an object at rest. Buridan also maintained that impetus could be not only linear, but also circular in nature, causing objects (such as celestial bodies) to move in a circle.

Three-stage Theory of impetus according to Albert von Sachsen
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Three-stage Theory of impetus according to Albert von Sachsen

Buridan's thought was followed up by his pupil Albert of Saxony (1316-1390) and the Oxford Calculators, who performed various experiments that further undermined the classical, Aristotelian view. Their work in turn was elaborated by Nicole Oresme who pioneered the practice of demonstrating laws of motion in the form of graphs.

Shortly before Galileo's theory of inertia, Giambattista Benedetti modified the growing theory of impetus to involve linear motion alone:

"…[Any] portion of corporeal matter which moves by itself when an impetus has been impressed on it by any external motive force has a natural tendency to move on a rectilinear, not a curved, path."[14]

Benedetti cites the motion of a rock in a sling as an example of the inherent linear motion of objects, forced into circular motion.

Classical inertia

The law of inertia states that it is the tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.The Aristotelian division of motion into mundane and celestial became increasingly problematic in the face of the conclusions of Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th century, who argued that the earth (and everything on it) was in fact never "at rest", but was actually in constant motion around the sun.[15] Galileo, in his further development of the Copernican model, recognized these problems with the then-accepted nature of motion and, at least partially as a result, included a restatement of Aristotle's description of motion in a void as a basic physical principle:

A body moving on a level surface will continue in the same direction at a constant speed unless disturbed.

It is also worth noting that Galileo later went on to conclude that based on this initial premise of inertia, it is impossible to tell the difference between a moving object and a stationary one without some outside reference to compare it against.[16] This observation ultimately came to be the basis for Einstein to develop the theory of Special Relativity.

Galileo's concept of inertia would later come to be refined and codified by Isaac Newton as the first of his Laws of Motion (first published in Newton's work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, in 1687):

Unless acted upon by an unbalanced force, an object will maintain a constant velocity.

Note that "velocity" in this context is defined as a vector, thus Newton's "constant velocity" implies both constant speed and constant direction (and also includes the case of zero speed, or no motion). Since initial publication, Newton's Laws of Motion (and by extension this first law) have come to form the basis for the almost universally accepted branch of physics now termed classical mechanics.

The actual term "inertia" was first introduced by Johannes Kepler in his Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae (published in three parts from 1618-1621); however, the meaning of Kepler's term (which he derived from the Latin word for "idleness" or "laziness") was not quite the same as its modern interpretation. Kepler defined inertia only in terms of a resistance to movement, once again based on the presumption that rest was a natural state which did not need explanation. It was not until the later work of Galileo and Newton unified rest and motion in one principle that the term "inertia" could be applied to these concepts as it is today.

Nevertheless, despite defining the concept so elegantly in his laws of motion, even Newton did not actually use the term "inertia" to refer to his First Law. In fact, Newton originally viewed the phenomenon he described in his First Law of Motion as being caused by "innate forces" inherent in matter, which resisted any acceleration. Given this perspective, and borrowing from Kepler, Newton actually attributed the term "inertia" to mean "the innate force possessed by an object which resists changes in motion"; thus Newton defined "inertia" to mean the cause of the phenomenon, rather than the phenomenon itself. However, Newton's original ideas of "innate resistive force" were ultimately problematic for a variety of reasons, and thus most physicists no longer think in these terms. As no alternate mechanism has been readily accepted, and it is now generally accepted that there may not be one which we can know, the term "inertia" has come to mean simply the phenomenon itself, rather than any inherent mechanism. Thus, ultimately, "inertia" in modern classical physics has come to be a name for the same phenomenon described by Newton's First Law of Motion, and the two concepts are now basically equivalent.

Relativity

Albert Einstein's theory of Special Relativity, as proposed in his 1905 paper, "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies," was built on the understanding of inertia and inertial reference frames developed by Galileo and Newton. While this revolutionary theory did significantly change the meaning of many Newtonian concepts such as mass, energy, and distance, Einstein's concept of inertia remained unchanged from Newton's original meaning (in fact the entire theory was based on Newton's definition of inertia). However, this resulted in a limitation inherent in Special Relativity that it could only apply when reference frames were inertial in nature (meaning when no acceleration was present). In an attempt to address this limitation, Einstein proceeded to develop his theory of General Relativity ("The Foundation of the General Theory of Relativity," 1916), which ultimately provided a unified theory for both inertial and noninertial (accelerated) reference frames. However, in order to accomplish this, in General Relativity Einstein found it necessary to redefine several fundamental aspects of the universe (such as gravity) in terms of a new concept of "curvature" of spacetime, instead of the more traditional system of forces understood by Newton.

As a result of this redefinition, Einstein also redefined the concept of "inertia" in terms of geodesic deviation instead, with some subtle but significant additional implications. The result of this is that according to General Relativity, when dealing with very large scales, the traditional Newtonian idea of "inertia" does not actually apply, and cannot necessarily be relied upon. Luckily, for sufficiently small regions of spacetime, the Special Theory can still be used, in which inertia still means the same (and works the same) as in the classical model. Towards the end of his life it seems as if Einstein had become convinced that space-time is a new form of aether, in some way serving as a reference frame for the property of inertia[17] (Kostro, 2000).

Another profound, perhaps the most well-known, conclusion of the theory of Special Relativity was that energy and mass are not separate things, but are, in fact, interchangeable. This new relationship, however, also carried with it new implications for the concept of inertia. The logical conclusion of Special Relativity was that if mass exhibits the principle of inertia, then inertia must also apply to energy as well. This theory, and subsequent experiments confirming some of its conclusions, have also served to radically expand the definition of inertia in some contexts to apply to a much wider context including energy as well as matter.

Interpretations

According to Isaac Asimov

According to Isaac Asimov in "Understanding Physics": "This tendency for motion (or for rest) to maintain itself steadily unless made to do otherwise by some interfering force can be viewed as a kind of "laziness," a kind of unwillingness to make a change. And indeed, [Newton's] first law of motion As Isaac Asimov goes on to explain, "Newton's laws of motion represent assumptions and definitions and are not subject to proof. In particular, the notion of 'inertia' is as much an assumption as Aristotle's notion of 'natural place.'...To be sure, the new relativistic view of the universe advanced by Einstein makes it plain that in some respects Newton's laws of motion are only approximations...At ordinary velocities and distance, however, the approximations are extremely good."

Mass and 'inertia'

Physics and mathematics appear to be less inclined to use the original concept of inertia as "a tendency to maintain momentum" and instead favor the mathematically useful definition of inertia as the measure of a body's resistance to changes in momentum or simply a body's inertial mass.

This was clear in the beginning of the 20th century, when the theory of relativity was not yet created. Mass, m, denoted something like amount of substance or quantity of matter. And at the same time mass was the quantitative measure of inertia of a body.

The mass of a body determines the momentum P of the body at given velocity v; it is a proportionality factor in the formula:

P = mv

The factor m is referred to as inertial mass.

But mass as related to 'inertia' of a body can be defined also by the formula:

F = ma

By this formula, the greater its mass, the less a body accelerates under given force. Masses m defined by the formula (1) and (2) are equal because the formula (2) is a consequence of the formula (1) if mass does not depend on time and speed. Thus, "mass is the quantitative or numerical measure of body’s inertia, that is of its resistance to being accelerated".

This meaning of a body's inertia therefore is altered from the original meaning as "a tendency to maintain momentum" to a description of the measure of how difficult it is to change the momentum of a body.

Inertial mass

The only difference there appears to be between inertial mass and gravitational mass is the method used to determine them.

Gravitational mass is measured by comparing the force of gravity of an unknown mass to the force of gravity of a known mass. This is typically done with some sort of balance scale. The beauty of this method is that no matter where, or on what planet, you are, the masses will always balance out because the gravitational acceleration on each object will be the same. This does break down near supermassive objects such as black holes and neutron stars due to the high gradient of the gravitational field around such objects.

Inertial mass is found by applying a known force to an unknown mass, measuring the acceleration, and applying Newton's Second Law, m = F/a. This gives an accurate value for mass, limited only by the accuracy of the measurements. When astronauts need to be weighed in outer space, they actually find their inertial mass in a special chair.

The interesting thing is that, physically, no difference has been found between gravitational and inertial mass. Many experiments have been performed to check the values and the experiments always agree to within the margin of error for the experiment. Einstein used the fact that gravitational and inertial mass were equal to begin his Theory of General Relativity in which he postulated that gravitational mass was the same as inertial mass, and that the acceleration of gravity is a result of a 'valley' or slope in the space-time continuum that masses 'fell down' much as pennies spiral around a hole in the common donation toy at a chain store.

Since Einstein used inertial mass to describe Special Relativity, inertial mass is closely related to relativistic mass and is therefore different from rest mass.

Inertial frames

In a location such as a steadily moving railway carriage, a dropped ball would behave as it would if it were dropped in a stationary carriage. The ball would simply descend vertically. It is possible to ignore the motion of the carriage by defining it as an inertial frame. In a moving but non-accelerating frame, the ball behaves normally because the train and its contents continue to move at a constant velocity. Before being dropped, the ball was traveling with the train at the same speed, and the ball's inertia ensured that it continued to move in the same speed and direction as the train, even while dropping. Note that, here, it is inertia which ensured that, not its mass.

In an inertial frame all the observers in uniform (non-accelerating) motion will observe the same laws of physics. However observers in another inertial frames can make a simple, and intuitively obvious, transformation (the Galilean transformation), to convert their observations. Thus, an observer from outside the moving train could deduce that the dropped ball within the carriage fell vertically downwards.

However, in frames which are experiencing acceleration (non-inertial frames), objects appear to be affected by fictitious forces. For example, if the railway carriage was accelerating, the ball would not fall vertically within the carriage but would appear to an observer to be deflected because the carriage and the ball would not be traveling at the same speed while the ball was falling. Other examples of fictitious forces occur in rotating frames such as the earth. For example, a missile at the North Pole could be aimed directly at a location and fired southwards. An observer would see it apparently deflected away from its target by a force (the Coriolis force) but in reality the southerly target has moved because earth has rotated while the missile is in flight. Because the earth is rotating, a useful inertial frame of reference is defined by the stars, which only move imperceptibly during most observations.

In summary, the principle of inertia is intimately linked with the principles of conservation of energy and conservation of momentum.

Rotational inertia

Another form of inertia is rotational inertia (→ moment of inertia), which refers to the fact that a rotating rigid body maintains its state of uniform rotational motion. Its angular momentum is unpenised, unless an external torque is applied; this is also called conservation of angular momentum. Rotational inertia often has hidden practical consequences.

See also

References and footnotes

  1. ^ Cajori, Florian., Motte, Andrew., et al. (1934). "Sir Isaac Newton's mathematical principles of natural philosophy and his system of the world" University of California Press: Berkeley, Los Angeles, London
  2. ^ Cajori, Florian., Motte, Andrew., et al. (1934)., p29 -- Definition III -- "Upon which account, this vis insita may, by a most significant name, be called inertia (vis inertiae) or ["]Force of Inactivity["].
  3. ^ Aristotle, Physics, 8.10, 267a1-21; Aristotle, Physics, trans. by R. P. Hardie and R. K. Gaye.
  4. ^ Aristotle, Physics, 4.8, 214b29-215a24.
  5. ^ Aristotle, Physics, 4.8, 215a19-22.
  6. ^ Lucretius, On the Nature of Things (London: Penguin, 1988), pp, 60-65
  7. ^ Richard Sorabji, Matter, Space, and Motion: Theories in Antiquity and their Sequel, (London: Duckworth, 1988), pp. 227-8; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: John Philoponus.
  8. ^ Abdus Salam (1984), "Islam and Science". In C. H. Lai (1987), Ideals and Realities: Selected Essays of Abdus Salam, 2nd ed., World Scientific, Singapore, p. 179-213.
  9. ^ a b Fernando Espinoza (2005). "An analysis of the historical development of ideas about motion and its implications for teaching", Physics Education 40 (2), p. 141.
  10. ^ A. Sayili (1987), "Ibn Sīnā and Buridan on the Motion of the Projectile", Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 500 (1), p. 477–482:

    "It was a permanent force whose effect got dissipated only as a result of external agents such as air resistance. He is apparently the first to conceive such a permanent type of impressed virtue for non-natural motion."

  11. ^ A. Sayili (1987), "Ibn Sīnā and Buridan on the Motion of the Projectile", Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 500 (1), p. 477–482:

    "Thus he considered impetus as proportional to weight times velocity. In other words, his conception of impetus comes very close to the concept of momentum of Newtonian mechanics."

  12. ^ Pines, Shlomo (1970). "Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī , Hibat Allah". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 26-28. ISBN 0684101149. 
    (cf. Abel B. Franco (October 2003). "Avempace, Projectile Motion, and Impetus Theory", Journal of the History of Ideas 64 (4), p. 521-546 [528].)
  13. ^ Jean Buridan: Quaestiones on Aristotle's Physics (quoted at http://brahms.phy.vanderbilt.edu/a203/impetus_theory.html)
  14. ^ Giovanni Benedetti, selection from Speculationum, in Stillman Drake and I.E. Drabkin, Mechanics in Sixteenth Century Italy (The University of Wisconsin Press, 1969), p. 156.
  15. ^ Nicholas Copernicus: The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, 1543
  16. ^ Galileo: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, 1632 (Wikipedia Article)
  17. ^ Kostro, Ludwik; Einstein and the Ether Montreal, Apeiron (2000). ISBN 0-9683689-4-8

External links

Books and papers

  • Butterfield, H (1957) The Origins of Modern Science ISBN 0-7135-0160-X
  • Clement, J (1982) "Students' preconceptions in introductory mechanics", American Journal of Physics vol 50, pp66-71
  • Crombie, A C (1959) Medieval and Early Modern Science, vol 2
  • McCloskey, M (1983) "Intuitive physics", Scientific American, April, pp114-123
  • McCloskey, M & Carmazza, A (1980) "Curvilinear motion in the absence of external forces: naïve beliefs about the motion of objects", Science vol 210, pp1139-1141
  • Masreliez, C.J., Motion, Inertia and Special Relativity – a Novel Perspective, Physica Scripta, (dec 2006)

 
Translations: Translations for: Inertia

Dansk (Danish)
n. - inerti, træghed, slaphed

idioms:

  • inertia reel    rullesele
  • inertia selling    uopfordret varesalg

Nederlands (Dutch)
inertie, traagheid, luiheid, neiging gelijk te blijven

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Phys) inertie, paresse, veulerie

idioms:

  • inertia reel    (Aut) ceinture (de sécurité) à enrouleur
  • inertia selling    (Comm, GB) vente par obtention abusive ou frauduleuse de commande

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trägheit

idioms:

  • inertia reel    Aufrollautomatik
  • inertia selling    unverlangte Warenzusendung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυσ.) αδράνεια, ακινησία

idioms:

  • inertia reel    αδρανειακή ζώνη ασφάλειας (οχήματος)
  • inertia selling    (οικον.) πωλήσεις αδρανείας

Italiano (Italian)
inerzia

idioms:

  • inertia reel    cintura inerziale
  • inertia selling    spedizione di prodotti a domicilio pretendendone pagamento a mancata restituzione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - inércia (f) (Fís.)

idioms:

  • inertia reel    bobina (f) inercial (cinto de segurança) (Aut.)
  • inertia selling    vender por envio sem pedido (GB)

Русский (Russian)
инерция, бездействие

idioms:

  • inertia reel    инерционная катушка
  • inertia selling    расчет, что покуп. приобретет товар по инерции

Español (Spanish)
n. - inercia, inactividad

idioms:

  • inertia reel    seguridad retráctil
  • inertia selling    venta mediante el envío de un artículo no solicitado, venta por inercia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tröghet, inaktivitet

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
惯性, 迟钝, 惰性

idioms:

  • inertia reel    汽车乘员自动安全带伸缩装置的惯性卷筒
  • inertia selling    惯性销售, 指厂商未获订购通知即自行发货给可能的买主如不退货就算成交

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 慣性, 遲鈍, 惰性

idioms:

  • inertia reel    汽車乘員自動安全帶伸縮裝置的慣性卷筒
  • inertia selling    慣性銷售, 指廠商未獲訂購通知即自行發貨給可能的買主如不退貨就算成交

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 관성, 불활발, 무력증

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 慣性, 惰性, 不活発

idioms:

  • inertia reel    慣性リール
  • inertia selling    押し付け販売

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) القصور الذاتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התמדה, עצלות, חוסר פעילות, אינרציה, חוסר תנועה‬


 
 

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