law of inertia
Americannoun
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Kaufman quotes Newton’s law of inertia when it comes to moviegoing habits: An object in motion stays in motion.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024
That is the political law of inertia: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022
“The District’s speed camera program appears to defy the law of inertia, which posits ‘what goes up, must come down,’” said AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesman John Townsend in a statement Tuesday.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2018
Newton’s first law is often called the law of inertia.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
Newton discovered the law of inertia, the tendency of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line unless something influences it and moves it out of its path.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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