inertia

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The major human spaceflight programs are supertankers, with tremendous inertia.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

“Given the history of disruption, the limits of AI technology and inertia in the process,” Damodaran reckons that the disruption can only take place in some businesses and industries but not all.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

At everyday scales, motion is shaped by forces such as gravity and inertia, which depend on an object's volume.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

A second approach, inertial confinement, uses the plasma’s own inertia to slow its dispersal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

Mom and Mamou, who were no doubt acclimated to Babou’s driving, swayed with the Smokemobile’s inertia.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram