2007-10-31 07:02:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
This sounds like someone has taken the first law of motion and completely butchered it.
Here is the first law of motion
I. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.
I found that at this site:
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newton3laws.html
2007-10-31 07:06:28 · answer #1 · answered by A.Mercer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Inertia" is probably the word you are looking for, but when applied to animals, people, or corporate bodies, another word is "stubbornness." :)
More precisely, inertia is the tendency of an object to continue to move at a constant velocity or, if applied to rotations, to spin at a constant angular velocity. Note that "velocity" is used in its full sense here to mean a specific direction as well as speed.
2007-10-31 07:16:57 · answer #2 · answered by devilsadvocate1728 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You're looking for inertia, but do objects really have desires???
2007-10-31 07:09:18 · answer #3 · answered by Reverend Black Grape 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
AN OBJECT IN MOTION WILL REMAIN IN MOTION UNTIL ACTED UPON BY AN OUTSIDE FORCE AND VISE VERSA FOR AN OBJECT AT REST. NEWTONS LAWS
2007-10-31 07:13:06 · answer #4 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perpetual.
2007-10-31 07:09:20 · answer #5 · answered by veg_rose 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
inertia
2007-10-31 07:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋