What is inertia?
Inertia is an analogous property of other physical quantities, like electricity.
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Inertia is the name for the tendency of an object in motion to remain in motion, or an object at rest to remain at rest, unless acted upon by a force. Commonly used to describe an object's amount of resistance to change in velocity (speed).
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Inertia:1:a disposition to remain inactive or inert; 2:(physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
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Inertia is the idea that an object keeps moving unless acted upon by an outside force.
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A property of matter by which it remains at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by some external force.
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In physics, inertia means the tendency to maintain a state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force.
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The property of matter by which it retains its state of rest as long as it is not acted upon by an external force. ChaCha!
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Inertia - matter at rest or in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.
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