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Principle of inertia (physics)
The principle of inertia is one of the fundamental principles of classical physics used to describe the normal motion of matter, and how it is affected by applied forces. The concept of inertia is today most commonly described using Isaac Newton's first law of motion, which is often paraphrased as:
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