The Emergence Machine

Inertia

property · Physics · Level 3 · E0

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Emergence definition

Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion due to its mass, which influences its resistance to changes in motion and its gravitational pull.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Inertia” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “Inertia”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
inertia
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0InertiaMassMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesInteraural Atten…L11InertiaL3MotionL1MassL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion.
  • Mass L2 (requires)
    Inertia is the tendency of an object to resist changes in its motion.

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