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adj. - Of or relating to sluggishness.

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  • (Force) = (inertial mass) × (acceleration), where the “inertial mass” is a characteristic constant of the accelerated body.
  • For this reason, the quantity is referred to as the inertial mass of the body.
  • For now, we’ll stick to physical situations where the observers are in inertial reference frames.
  • The dark horse in the fusion race is an approach known as inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, or
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