"moment of inertia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: moments of inertia [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|moments of inertia}} moment of inertia (plural moments of inertia)
  1. (physics, classical mechanics) A measure of a rigid body's resistance to change in its angular velocity around a given axis. Categories (topical): Classical mechanics, Physics Synonyms (measure of resistance to change in angular velocity): mass moment of inertia, angular mass, rotational inertia Translations (measure of resistance to change in angular velocity): moment setrvačnosti [masculine] (Czech), inertimoment [neuter] (Danish), hitausmomentti (Finnish), inertiamomentti (Finnish), Trägheitsmoment [neuter] (German), Massenträgheitsmoment [neuter] (German), Inertialmoment [neuter] (German), ροπή αδράνειας (ropí adráneias) [feminine] (Greek), momen inersia (Indonesian), momento di inerzia [masculine] (Italian), momento de inércia [masculine] (Portuguese), moment de inerție [neuter] (Romanian), моме́нт ине́рции (momént inɛ́rcii) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-moment_of_inertia-en-noun-TogsFvLD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Physical quantities, Rotation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Physical quantities: 72 28 Disambiguation of Rotation: 63 37 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'measure of resistance to change in angular velocity': 76 24 Disambiguation of 'measure of resistance to change in angular velocity': 76 24
  2. (engineering, structural engineering) Second moment of area; a measure of a rigid body's resistance to bending. Categories (topical): Engineering Derived forms: polar moment of inertia (english: resistance to torsion) Related terms: moment, moment of force, planar second moment of area, second polar moment of area (english: = polar moment of inertia)
    Sense id: en-moment_of_inertia-en-noun-OL00bR6n Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (measure of resistance to bending): area moment of inertia, second area moment, second moment of area, second moment of inertia
Disambiguation of 'measure of resistance to bending': 45 55

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