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force quantity
subject			fact

force quantity	has unit force unit
	has definition Agency responsible for a change in a system. In Newtonian mechanics, gravitational force bends the moon away from the straight trajectory it would otherwise pursue.
	is a kind of quantity
number	has value

Kinds of force quantity :

• van der Waals force (2 facts) - The relatively weak attractive force operative between neutral atoms and molecules.