moment of inertia

English

Noun

moment of inertia (plural moments of inertia)

(physics) A measure of a body's resistance to a change in its angular rotation velocity
(engineering) A measure of a body's resistance to bending; second moment of inertia; second moment of area.

Translations

physical measure

Czech: moment setrvačnosti m
Danish: inertimoment n
Finnish: hitausmomentti
German: Trägheitsmoment (de) n

Greek: ροπή αδράνειας f (ropí adráneias),
Romanian: moment de inerție (ro) n
Russian: моме́нт ине́рции (ru) m (momént inɛ́rcii)

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