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Inertia

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

According to Newton’s first law of motion, the tendency of a rigid body to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless affected by an external force. 

See Center of gravity, Center of mass, Centrifugal/centripetal, Dynamics, Gravitational field, Mass, Moment of inertia (I), Newton’s laws of motion

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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