microinertia

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noun

The inertia of small particles in a flowing mixture

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Meanings

nounmicroinertia (usually uncountable, plural microinertias)

plural microinertias

  1. uncountableusuallyThe inertia of small particles in a flowing mixture

    The microinertia parameter j was considered 3.5, which implies that the inertial viscosity coefficient is […]

    2015 July 11, “Stokes’ Second Problem for a Micropolar Fluid with Slip”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + inertia.

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microinertia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microinertia

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“microinertia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microinertia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microinertia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microinertia.

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