"inertial mass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inertial masses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inertial mass (countable and uncountable, plural inertial masses)
  1. (physics) The mass of an object measured as its resistance to being accelerated by an applied force; it is equal to its gravitational mass. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physics Synonyms: gravitational mass (english: in Einsteinian and Newtonian gravitation) [passive] Hypernyms: mass Coordinate_terms: gravitational mass, gravitational mass [passive], active gravitational mass, weight
    Sense id: en-inertial_mass-en-noun-5Tm97nR1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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