inertial mass
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
inertial mass (countable and uncountable, plural inertial masses)
- (physics) The mass of an object measured as its resistance to being accelerated by an applied force; it is equal to its gravitational mass.
Synonyms[edit]
- passive gravitational mass (in Einsteinian and Newtonian gravitation)