Inertia (disambiguation)

Inertia is the resistance of a physical object to change in its velocity.

Inertia may also refer to:

Science

  • Moment of inertia, the resistance to angular acceleration
  • Second moment of area, a geometrical property of a body that determines its resistance to bending
  • Thermal inertia or effusivity, the resistance of an object or body to temperature change in response to heat input
  • Sylvester's law of inertia, a theorem in matrix algebra
  • Sleep inertia, a psychological state
  • Ecological inertia, the ability of a living system to resist external fluctuations

Social science

  • Cognitive inertia, resistance to change in an individual's beliefs
  • Psychological inertia, a tendency to favor omission over commission due to a lack of incentive to act
  • Inertia (anxiety) in autism and anxiety; difficulty with starting, stopping, or changing tasks
  • Psychical inertia, a term introduced by Carl Jung
  • Social inertia, description of a person's resistance to change in psychology and sociology
  • Corporate inertia or unwillingness to change, a diseconomy of scale in microeconomics

Arts and entertainment

Music

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