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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!   
      
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