inertial system

inertial system

noun Physics.
a frame of reference in which a body remains at rest or moves with constant linear velocity unless acted upon by forces: any frame of reference that moves with constant velocity relative to an inertial system is itself an inertial system.
Also called inertial reference frame.
Compare law of motion.


Origin:
1950–55
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To inertial system

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Inertial system is always a great word to know.
So is wavelength. Does it mean:
a sequence of changing states that produces a final state identical to the original one; one of a succession of periodically recurring events
the distance measured by the propagation of a wave between two successive points in the wave that are characterized by the same phase of oscillation
Collins
World English Dictionary
inertial system
 
n
Also called: inertial reference frame a frame of reference within which bodies are not accelerated unless acted upon by external forces

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature