moment of inertia

scalar measure of the rotational inertia with respect to a fixed axis of rotation
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moment of inertia

Summary

moment of inertia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • moment of inertia is a type of physical quantity[2].
  • moment of inertia is a type of moment[3].
  • moment of inertia is a type of scalar quantity[4].
  • moment of inertia's Commons category is recorded as Moments of inertia[5].
  • moment of inertia's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[6].
  • moment of inertia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • moment of inertia's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • moment of inertia's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics[9].
  • moment of inertia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • moment of inertia's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[11].
  • moment of inertia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • moment of inertia's different from is recorded as inertia tensor[13].
  • moment of inertia's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[14].
  • moment of inertia's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • moment of inertia's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as kilogram square metre[16].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical quantity[2], moment[3], and scalar quantity[4].

Why It Matters

moment of inertia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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  15. [16] . ISO 80000-4:2006 Quantities and units—Part 4: Mechanics. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0283100-moment-setrvacnosti
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  2. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Recommended unit of measurement kilogram square metre
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Mathematics
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Different from inertia tensor
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541141405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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