Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun moment_of_inertia

1 sense of moment of inertia

Sense 1
moment of inertia -- (the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration)
       => inertia -- ((physics) the tendency of a body to maintain its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force)
       => moment -- (a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force))