Inertia (disambiguation)

Inertia may refer to:

Science

Inertia, the resistance, of any physical object, to any change in its velocity
Moment of inertia, the resistance to angular acceleration
Second moment of area, a geometrical property of a body that determines its resistance to bending
Thermal inertia, the resistance of an object or body to temperature change in response to heat input
Inertia, a property of dynamic systems causing time delays in automatic control
Sylvester's law of inertia, a theorem in matrix algebra
Sleep inertia, a psychological state
Resistance and inertia, an aspect of ecological stability

Cognitive inertia – The tendency for a particular orientation in how an individual thinks about an issue, belief or strategy to endure or resist change
Psychological inertia, a tendency to favor omission over commission due to a lack of incentive to act
Inertia (anxiety) in autism and anxiety; difficulty with starting, stopping, or changing tasks
Psychical inertia, a term introduced by Carl Jung
Social inertia, description of a person's resistance to change in psychology and sociology
Inertia, one of the possible causes of diseconomy of scale in microeconomics

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