Definition of Inertia
Inertia
in·er·ti·a
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
Tendency to remain unchanged or motionless.
e.g. The car's inertia carried it forward after the engine died.
(noun)
(physics) a property of physical matter by which it tends to stay in its state of rest or motion (in a straight path) unless some external force acts on it, or broadly, a tendency of matter to remain the same in some respect;
e.g. The concept of inertia explains why we fall forward when sitting in a moving car that suddenly stops.
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