polar moment of inertia

English

Noun

polar moment of inertia (plural polar moments of inertia)

(engineering) A measure of a body's resistance to twisting; a measure of torsional strength.

See also

moment of inertia (rotational dynamics).
second moment of area for resistance to bending.

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