moment of inertia
noun phraseDefinition of moment of inertia
: a measure of the resistance of a body to angular acceleration about a given axis that is equal to the sum of the products of each element of mass in the body and the square of the element's distance from the axis
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The first known use of moment of inertia was in 1830
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