Inertia (disambiguation)
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Look up inertia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Inertia is the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force. Inertia can also refer to:
[edit] Physics/Science
Principle of inertia (physics) Moment of inertia, also known as Rotational Inertia, is the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform rotation unless acted upon by an external torque. This is the rotational physics equivalent of the inertia in linear physics. Inertia as used in automatic control refers to a property of dynamic systems, causing time delays. Thermal inertia, a term commonly used by engineers modelling heat transfers when referring to the volumetric heat capacity Social inertia - description of a person's resistance to change in psychology and sociology. One of the possible causes of Diseconomy of scale Inertia of a matrix is defined as the number of positive, negative and zero eigenvalues Sleep inertia - a psychological state An aspect of ecological stability called Inertia The tendency of scientific research programmes to ban or ignore new disturbing findings as described by Imre Lakatos and Sören Halldén
[edit] Music
Inertia, an Irish DJ duo, the pairing of John O'Callaghan and Neal Scarborough Inertia (The Exies album), an album by The Exies Inertia (Derek Sherinian album), an album by Derek Sherinian "Inertia", a song from Bruce Dickinson on his album Skunkworks "Inertia Creeps", a song by Massive Attack from their 1998 album, Mezzanine Inertia (Independent Record Company), an Australian record label and distributor ""Floreat Inertia", a song by Half Man Half Biscuit from their 1993 album "This Leaden Pall"
[edit] Fiction
Inertia (Marvel Comics), a fictional hero Inertia (DC Comics), a fictional antagonist Inertia (short story), a fictional short story
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