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Definition of Inertial mass
1. Noun. (physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inertial Mass
Literary usage of Inertial mass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1921)
"According to Newton's law of motion, we have (Force) = (inertial mass)
X (acceleration), where the "inertial mass" is a characteristic constant of the ..."
2. The Origin and Its Meaning: On the Origin of the Universe and Its Mechanics by Roger Ellman (2004)
"In the case of electrostatic or magnetic applied force and resulting
acceleration (actions and effects that involve the inertial mass of the encountered ..."
3. Space and Time in Contemporary Physics: An Introduction to the Theory of by Moritz Schlick (1920)
"... and second, the inertial mass of a body would, contrary to our hypotheses, no
longer be solely due to the presence of other bodies; but a material point ..."
4. The Problem of Space Travel: The Rocket Motor by Hermann Noordung, Ernest Stuhlinger, J. D. Hunley, Jennifer Garland (1995)
"Center of gravity. tendency by developing counteracting, so-called "forces of
inertial mass" (Figure 2). In general, these are designated as inertia, ..."
5. The Dimensional Structure of Consciousness: A Physical Basis for Immaterialism by Samuel Avery (1995)
"The location of an object in the mass dimension (its inertial mass) does not
indicate what it may feel like any more than its location in space indicates ..."
6. Contemporary Science by Benjamin Harrow (1921)
"... the well-known properties of matter which form the basis of theoretical
mechanics; ie, he established the identity of gravitational and inertial mass. ..."
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