moment of inertia, I, J 

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Of a body about an axis is the sum of the products of its mass elements and the squares of their distances to the axis. Principal moments of inertia of a molecule are chosen so that IA≤IB≤IC.
Sources:
Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 12 [Terms] [Book]
PAC, 1996, 68, 957. (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 983 [Terms] [Paper]
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