Usually means: Resistance to changes in motion.
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  1. vis inertiae: Merriam-Webster
  2. vis inertiae: Wiktionary
  3. vis inertiae: Dictionary.com
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Definitions from Wiktionary (vis inertiae)

▸ noun:  The natural resistance of matter to any force acting on it.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Inactivity; apathy.

Similar:
moment of inertia, inertial mass, resistance, friction, momentum, Mach's principle, reluctance, elastoresistance, Newton's first law, force of nature, more...

Types:
inertiof rest, inertiof motion, moment of inertia, rotational inertia, more...

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Similar:
moment of inertia, inertial mass, resistance, friction, momentum, Mach's principle, reluctance, elastoresistance, Newton's first law, force of nature, more...

Types:
inertiof rest, inertiof motion, moment of inertia, rotational inertia, more...



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