What is meant by moment of inertia explain its significance


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Define moment of inertia. Explain the physical significance of it.

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Inertia is the tendency of all matter to remain at rest or in motion until acted on by a force. Moment of inertia is a measure of an object's rotary inertia, or its tendency to resist increasing or decreasing rotation about some axis.


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