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moment vs moment of inertia

moment of inertia vs moment

moment and moment of inertia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
moment Yes No No No
moment of inertia Yes No No No
As nouns, moment of inertia is a hyponym of moment; that is, moment of inertia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than moment:
  • moment: a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
  • moment of inertia: the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration
Other hyponyms of moment include moment of a couple, dipole moment.
moment (noun) moment of inertia (noun)
having important effects or influence the tendency of a body to resist angular acceleration
the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
a particular point in time
an indefinitely short time
at this time
Difference between moment and moment of inertia

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