Search results for "Inertia" - New World Encyclopedia
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- of fall, but was consistent with his concept of inertia, since motion was conserved in ancient atomism (but not in Aristotelian physics). Galileo scholar ...37 KB (5,618 words) - 06:58, 21 August 2023
- due to inertia coupling, a phenomenon largely unknown at the time. With the aircraft simultaneously rolling, pitching, and yawing out of control ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- a spring (at first) or (more recently) rotational inertia in the platters is used to safely park the heads in the case of unexpected power loss. ...35 KB (5,548 words) - 13:29, 24 January 2023
- further extending the cable for the same purpose), inertia ensures that the cable remains stretched taut, countering the gravitational pull on the lower ...39 KB (5,875 words) - 15:17, 27 April 2023
- vessels with such massive bulk. Inertia would necessitate powerful thrusters to start or stop rotation. ===Population size=== According to one ...37 KB (5,482 words) - 22:47, 5 February 2023
- critical mass and increases the efficiency by its inertia which delays the expansion of the reacting material. is 16 kg, but through the use of ...37 KB (5,382 words) - 08:10, 24 November 2022
- of the Bastille could also be attributed to the inertia of the commanders of the 5,000 Hibbert, 70. Royal Army troops encamped on the Champ de ...35 KB (5,341 words) - 20:55, 26 February 2023
- Incandescent lamps, due to the thermal inertia of their element, fluctuate less in their intensity, although the effect is measurable with instruments ...43 KB (6,681 words) - 17:46, 28 March 2024
- # First Law (the Law of Inertia): An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by ...38 KB (5,841 words) - 19:00, 7 March 2024
- Thermal inertia and the transfer of heat by winds in the lower atmosphere mean that the temperature of Venus' surface does not vary significantly ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- imitated Newton's forces of inertia and gravity in the natural world with human reason and market competition in the economic world (Fusfeld ...51 KB (7,537 words) - 12:02, 1 February 2024
- :I = area moment of inertia, or second moment of area :l = unsupported length of column, :K = column effective length factor, whose value depends ...56 KB (8,392 words) - 21:05, 26 February 2023
- Earth's oceans. The equivalence between inertia and gravity cannot explain these tidal effects – it cannot explain the variation of the gravitational ...66 KB (9,838 words) - 15:01, 26 September 2022
- by domestic politics and bureaucratic inertia. Melvyn Leffler contends that Truman and Eisenhower acted, on the whole, thoughtfully in meeting ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- component strength, mass of component and inertia—all come into play to ... Boost lag is reduced as turbo impeller inertia is compensated for. ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- gravity. He did not know about the principle of inertia, and held that movement must always be caused by something. The ancient Greeks, and especially ...72 KB (11,042 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- its slow pace and perceived emotional inertia. Kubrick's defenders have speculated that the mixed criticism of and box-office response to ...59 KB (9,500 words) - 19:51, 9 February 2023
- of the program and attacked political inertia against reform. He proposed options to permit Americans to divert a portion of their Social Security ...61 KB (9,229 words) - 08:20, 23 January 2023
- lack of experienced officers, and by bureaucratic inertia. The initial tactical errors of the Soviets in the first few weeks of the Axis offensive ...62 KB (9,424 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2022
