inertial reference

collocation in English

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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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reference
noun
uk
/ˈref.ər.əns/us
/ˈref.ɚ.əns/
a mention ...
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Aninertialreferencesystem is considered to express these magnitudes.
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Assume that the axis of rotation is stationary in a rectangular coordinate system that serves as aninertialreferenceframe.
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To start the tracking process the torch tip is taken to a known or taught position, and aninertialreferenceframe is set up.
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As before, assume that rotates with uniform angular velocity about an axis that is fixed in aninertialreferenceframe.
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Special relativity demonstrated that noinertialreferenceframe was preferential to any other inertial reference frame, but preferred inertial reference frames over noninertial reference frames.
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In aninertialreferenceframe, the dynamic equilibrium can not be understood in terms of an equilibrium of forces.
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They regularly sighted stars through the spacecraft navigation optics while aligning theirinertialreferenceplatforms.
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In such cases aninertialreferenceframe may be called an inertial observer to avoid ambiguity.
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The aircraft was travelling at around 37000 ft when pilots received an electronic message warning them of an irregularity with autopilot andinertialreferencesystems.
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Three orthogonal gyroscopes establish aninertialreferenceframe, and the accelerators measure acceleration relative to that frame.
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Aninertialreferenceframe (or inertial frame in short) is a frame in which all the physical laws hold.
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Ring laser gyroscopes can be used as the stable elements (for one degree of freedom each) in aninertialreferencesystem.
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Otherwise, both the concept ofinertialreferenceframes and the laws of motion must be replaced by much more complicated ones involving anisotropic coordinates.
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Gyroscopes measure the angular velocity of the system in theinertialreferenceframe.
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The proper acceleration of a particle is defined as the acceleration that a particle feels as it accelerates from oneinertialreferenceframe to another.
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Decayinginertialreferenceunits has led to a tumble of the aircraft.
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Special relativity predicts that an observer in aninertialreferenceframe doesn't see objects he would describe as moving faster than the speed of light.
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The question reduces to whether every observer in everyinertialreferenceframe can agree on the phase of the wave.
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