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first law of motion

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first law of motion [′fərst ‚lȯ əv ′mō·shən]
(mechanics)


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To understand this phenomenon we must refer to Newton''s first law of motion, which defines inertia as ''the tendency of an object to stay at rest or an object in motion to remain in motion unless acted upon by a unbalanced force.
s first law of motion states that unless acted upon by an outside force, a body at rest tends to stay at rest, and a body in motion tends to stay in motion In its simplest form it can be said that a body at rest tends to remain at rest and a body in motion tends to remain in motion Sir Isaac Newton?
Whose first law of motion states that a body remains at rest, or in motion with a constant velocity, unless acted on by an external force?
 
 
 
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