(Force) = (inertial mass) × (acceleration), where the inertial mass is a characteristic constant of the accelerated body. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 19. The Gravitational Field] Reference
For this reason, the quantity is referred to as the inertial mass of the body. From Wordnik.com. [COSMOLOGY SINCE 1850] Reference
For now, we’ll stick to physical situations where the observers are in inertial reference frames. From Wordnik.com. [Relativity: Newtonian relativity « Skulls in the Stars] Reference
The dark horse in the fusion race is an approach known as inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, or. From Wordnik.com. [Cosmic Log] Reference
In the approach Nif takes, called inertial confinement fusion, the target is a centimetre-scale cylinder of gold called a hohlraum. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
In 1967 they became intrigued by a revolutionary auto-loader design from engineer Bruno Civolani called the inertial release locking system. From Wordnik.com. [Inside the Benelli Shotgun Factory in Urbino, Italy] Reference
But the thing that was nice was that she informed a lot of the discussion (humourously) with Special Relativity, and the idea of inertial frames, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Relative Timeliness] Reference
An object moving along the curved spacetime manifold isn’t ‘moving under a force’, but rather, it is in inertial motion along a curved manifold. From Wordnik.com. [Objections to Kaku and Liu’s “How to Time Travel?”] Reference
In the US, a different approach known as inertial fusion is being perused at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California and the Z-Machine in New Mexico. From Wordnik.com. [Peak Energy] Reference
I think it's some kind of inertial resonance between you and me. From Wordnik.com. [In Other Worlds]
In any case, aircraft carry back-up systems, such as inertial navigation and, in extremis, can rely on dead reckoning and ground radar fixes. From Wordnik.com. [It can't be accidental] Reference
The GPS updates the INS, inertial nav system, in the airplane. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2003] Reference
I clicked off, then set the navigator's inertial odometer to zero. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
The missile had a conventional configuration with inertial navigation. From Wordnik.com. [Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition]
It is the fundamental basis of the inertial property of that electron. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Another one is INS, or inertial navigation system, onboard gyros if you will. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 8, 2001] Reference
They had just passed Groundside's terminator, and were flying an inertial orbit. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
ASN-131 precision inertial navigation system, and APN-224 pulse radar altimeter. From Wordnik.com. [Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition]
It has an inertial backup based on an inertial navigation system in the aircraft. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2002] Reference
Its guidance was self-contained, pre-set with inertial updating and thus unjammable. From Wordnik.com. [Strategic Air Command: People Aircraft and Missiles 2nd Edition]
But again, it'll show up as a discrepancy between their inertial systems and the beacons. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
In the end, insularity becomes inertial, feeding on itself to create ever more isolation. From Wordnik.com. [Inside Bush's Bunker] Reference
The machine should also be equipped with an inertial system (eg pendulum, flywheel, etc). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Out of Band II arced out of the Docks 'death shadow, drove out and out, into inertial orbit. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Vrinimi Org was paying the price for building their Docks on agrav instead of inertial orbit. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
And I think that was really a stroke of genius to get a rather inertial industry to start to shift. From Wordnik.com. [Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution?] Reference
They're going to now go to the inertial measurement units onboard, which will be the navigation controls. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005] Reference
An occasional smile or bit of cheer brightened the inertial gloom, only to go out like a spark from a wet flint. From Wordnik.com. [Devil's Waltz]
Then its turbofan engine takes over and the missile jets toward land, directed by its "inertial-guidance system.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mind Of A Missile] Reference
Simultaneous with emergence into normal space-time continuum, override sublight drive inertial dampening sequence. From Wordnik.com. [Perseus Spur]
Judges must "personalize" social injury, understanding, for example, that inertial law enforcement has its victims. From Wordnik.com. [One Judge's Conservatism] Reference
"The sheer inertial force of his money and name recognition arrayed against a multi-candidate field is paying off.". From Wordnik.com. [Coats Battles Tea-Party Rivals in Senate Bid] Reference
Without that, they, like average citizens, can be limited by the inertial tendencies of well entrenched bureaucrats. From Wordnik.com. [Citizen Collaboration To Provide Public Services] Reference
Most had boosted for inertial orbits or gone directly into ultradrive, but a few hung over the disintegrating landscape. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
The navigation system used by DC10 aircraft is a computerised device known as the area inertial navigation system (AINS). From Wordnik.com. [Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster C.A. 95/81] Reference
Almost old-fashioned by today's standards, inertial guidance uses sensors and gyroscopes to measure acceleration and changes in direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind Of A Missile] Reference
The acceleration pressure on her had eased back now, but the inertial readings indicated that they had picked up a nice bit of extra speed. From Wordnik.com. [Angelmass]
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