Inertial confinement fusion — (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium.To compress and heat the fuel, energy is… … Wikipedia
Inertial navigation system — An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer and motion sensors to continuously track the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a vehicle without the need for external references … Wikipedia
Inertial frame of reference — In physics, an inertial frame of reference is a frame of reference which belongs to a set of frames in which physical laws hold in the same and simplest form. According to the first postulate of special relativity, all physical laws take their… … Wikipedia
inertial — inertia ► NOUN 1) a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. 2) Physics a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless changed by an external force. DERIVATIVES inertial … English terms dictionary
inertial force — physical force which in the state that it is in unless acted upon by an outside force … English contemporary dictionary
Orbital state vectors — In astrodynamics or celestial dynamics orbital state vectors (sometimes state vectors) are vectors of position ( ) and velocity ( ) that together with their time (epoch) ( ) uniquely determine the state of an orbiting body. State vectors are… … Wikipedia
Solid-state laser — A solid state laser is a laser that uses a gain medium that is a solid, rather than a liquid such as in dye lasers or a gas as in gas lasers. Semiconductor based lasers are also in the solid state, but are generally considered as a separate class … Wikipedia
Portland State Aerospace Society — The Portland State Aerospace Society (or PSAS), founded in 1998, is a student group at Portland State University building high powered rockets with the vision of putting nanosatellites into Earth orbit. Pursuing this vision has led to building… … Wikipedia
equivalence principle — Physics. (in relativity) the principle that, in any small region of space time, the effects of a gravitational field are indistinguishable from those of an appropriate acceleration of the frame of reference. Also called Einstein s equivalency… … Universalium
Beharrungszustand — inercinė būsena statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. inertial state vok. Beharrungszustand, m rus. инерциальное состояние, n pranc. état d’inertie, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas