- Source: Inertia (disambiguation)
Inertia is the resistance of a physical object to change in its velocity.
Inertia may also refer to:
Science and engineering
Moment of inertia, the resistance to angular acceleration
In mechanical engineering, simply "inertia" is often used to refer to "inertial mass" or "moment of inertia"
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
Climate inertia, a slowness of the Earth system to changes in significant factors such as greenhouse gas levels
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
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
Inertia (film), a 2001 Canadian drama
Inertia (Marvel Comics), a fictional hero
Inertia (DC Comics), a fictional antagonist
"Inertia" (short story), a story by Nancy Kress
= Music
=Inertia, an Irish DJ duo, the pairing of John O'Callaghan and Neal Scarborough
Inertia (The Exies album), an album by The Exies
Inertia (Derek Sherinian album), an album by Derek Sherinian
"Inertia" (song), by AJR from the album The Maybe Man
"Inertia", a song by Blur from the album Leisure
"Inertia", a song by Bruce Dickinson from the album Skunkworks
"Inertia", a song by In Hearts Wake from the album Divination
"Inertia", a song by Insomnium from the album One for Sorrow
"Inertia", a song by The Wonder Stuff from the album Never Loved Elvis
"Inertia", a song by 20syl
