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
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

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

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