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Inertia, property of a body by virtue of which it opposes any agency that attempts to put it in motion or, if it is moving, to change the magnitude or direction of its velocity. It is a passive property and does not enable a body to do anything except oppose such active agents as forces and torques.
- Rotational Inertia
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- Rotational Inertia
Inertia is not just a general law applicable only to objects with no forces acting upon them – which are physically implausible – but also a property of any object or body, in motion or at rest.
Dec 28, 2020 · The principle of inertia describes the tendency of an object to remain in a state of rest or remain in motion at a constant velocity. It is thus a measure of an object's resistance to changing its state, be it a moving body or something sitting on a table.
Feb 16, 2016 · In psychology, the “inertia effect” describes individuals' reluctance to reduce their confidence in a decision following disconfirming information (Pitz and Reinhold, 1968). The concept of “psychological inertia” has been proposed to describe the tendency to maintain the status-quo (Gal, 2006).
- Carlos Alós-Ferrer, Sabine Hügelschäfer, Jiahui Li
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00169
- 2016
- Front Psychol. 2016; 7: 169.
Psychological inertia is the tendency to maintain the status quo (or default option) unless compelled by a psychological motive to intervene or reject this. [1]
Dec 5, 2011 · In a recent post, I introduced you to my Law of Human Inertia: The tendency of people, having once established a life trajectory, to continue on that course unless acted on by a greater...
Inertia is the fundamental property that makes all matter oppose any force that would cause a change in its motion. The law of inertia was first formulated by Galileo Galilei for horizontal motion on Earth and was later perfected by René Descartes .
