inertial system

inertial system
a frame of reference in which a body remains at rest or moves with constant linear velocity unless acted upon by forces: any frame of reference that moves with constant velocity relative to an inertial system is itself an inertial system. Also called inertial reference frame. Cf. law of motion.
[1950-55]

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