Tag
Mass
Entries tagged mass.
2 entries
Concept
Mass as resistance to acceleration
Mass is not how much stuff an object has or how big it looks; it is a measured resistance, how much acceleration a given force fails to produce.
7 min
ConceptThe relation between force, mass, and acceleration
Net force, mass, and acceleration are locked together by one relation, net force equals mass times acceleration, and it can be reconstructed, not just memorized, from how force and mass were separately defined.
7 min