inertial motion

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meaningsofinertialandmotion

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inertial
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɜː.ʃəl/us
/ˌɪnˈɝː.ʃəl/
caused by, using, or relating to inertia (= the physical force that keeps something in the same position or moving in the ...
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motion
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.ʃən/us
/ˈmoʊ.ʃən/
the act or process of moving, or a particular action ...
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For what counted as aninertialmotionin the one framework would be a forced motion in the other.
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Correspondingly, the end-effector tracks theinertialmotionof the handle and captures it successfully.
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This theory explains gravitation as distortion of the structure of spacetime by matter, affecting theinertialmotionof other matter.
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In general relativity, it is assumed thatinertialmotionoccurs along timelike and null geodesics of spacetime as parameterized by proper time.
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Simply put, relative motions of a system of bodies do not depend on theinertialmotionof the whole system.
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In that article, he argued that free fall is reallyinertialmotion, and that for a freefalling observer the rules of special relativity must apply.
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In that article, he argued that free fall is reallyinertialmotion, and that for a free-falling observer the rules of special relativity must apply.
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This suggests the definition of a new class ofinertialmotion, namely that of objects in free fall under the influence of gravity.
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Indeed, the conservation of 4-momentum ininertialmotionvia curved space-time results in what we call gravitational force in general relativity theory.
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Inertialmotionsensors are activated upon launch, and when the sensors detect downward acceleration after being blown out of the water, the first stage engine ignites.
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To make things even easier,inertialmotionin special relativity is where the spatial coordinates change at a constant rate with respect to the temporal coordinate.
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Laue (1913) pointed out that the acceleration can be made arbitrarily small in relation to theinertialmotionof the twin.
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Thus, for inertial motions, the surface elevation progresses round the island in the clockwise sense, in the northern hemisphere.
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