What does inertial mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or depending on inertia.
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No impressive display of pyrotechnics, the inertial dampening system gave up the ghost with a whimper.
Also, there are large mammals which are endotherms, not inertial homeotherms.
Photons, according to the special theory of relativity, move in vacuum with the same speed in all inertial frames of reference.
Another way of understanding the situation is to remember the equivalence Einstein explained between gravitational and inertial forces.
The cockpit lights flickered again and their inertial compensators malfunctioned for a second, throwing them about a bit.
Missile guidance is provided by an inertial navigation system, supported by stellar navigation.

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