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The term Ixx, Iyy and Izz are called the mass moment of inertia of the body about the x, y and z axes respectively. Note that in each such case, we are integrating the mass element , times the perpendicular distance squared from the mass elements to the coordinate axis about which we are computing the moment of inertia.

Ixy, Ixz and Iyz are called mass product of inertia about the pair of axes given by the indices.

It is clear that,

Ixy = Iyx , Ixz = Izx

Moments and Product of Inertia