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What on earth does "Moment of inertia is the name for rotational inertia" mean? If there is no difference, then say they are synonyms. This makes it seem like the page should be moved to rotational intertia. Tokerboy

Suppose it's because, for some inexplicable lack of reason, rotational inertia isn't (officially) called rotational inertia. Perhaps, so that if a new person asks a bunch of professors about rotational inertia, they can look confused, and say there is no such thing, and later on laugh together behind the new persons back, about how that stupid little new person didn't even know that it's called moment of inertia, not rotational inertia. From then on, all the professors can mock and play practical jokes on the new person, with the new person having no idea why. -(Cyp)



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