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|    Luigi Fortunati to All    |
|    Re: Is inertia a vector?    |
|    28 Oct 23 11:02:10    |
      From: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com              George Hrabovsky il 26/10/2023 11:12:16 ha scritto:       >> Yes, that's right, inertia is that property of bodies that makes them       >> go straight at uniform speed.       >       > No, inertia is the ability of a body to resist being accelerated. Its       > quantity is what we think of as inertial mass. It is a scalar.              If inertia is the ability of bodies to resist acceleration (which is a       vector), then it cannot be a scalar!              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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