Is an accelerating reference frame non-inertial?

[Tweaktastic]

I know a reference frame moving at constant velocity is a inertial reference frame.

Is a reference frame that is accelerating non-inertial?

What is the name for an accelerating reference frame? (inertial?, non-inertial?, ...is there a special name for it?)

 

[DieCommie]

Yes, accelerating is non-inertial (no special name from what I know)

 

[cmos]

But yet an apparent force that appears in the non-inertial frame due to its acceleration is sometimes called an inertial force.

(Sorry to the OP if this is confusing, it's just one of those semantics things that bothered me at first when I was first learning about non-inertial frames. Anyone agree?)

 

[DieCommie]

I do agree. Let's just start calling them non-inertial forces and see if it catches on.