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moment of inertia

n. pl. moments of inertia

A measure of a body's resistance to angular acceleration, equal to:

a. The product of the mass of a particle and the square of its distance from a reference.

b. The sum of the products of each mass element of a body multiplied by the square of its distance from an axis.

c. The sum of the products of each element of an area multiplied by the square of its distance from a coplanar axis.

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moment of inertia

n

(Physics / General Physics) the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration, expressed as the sum of the products of the mass of each particle in the body and the square of its perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation. Symbol I

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moment of inertia  (mmnt)

A measure of a body's resistance to angular acceleration, equal to the product of the mass of the body and the square of its distance from the axis of rotation. See also angular momentumtorque

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Noun

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moment of inertia - the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration inertia - (physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force moment - a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)