gravitational mass Comparison Table

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gravitational mass comparison table

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mass quantity The measure of the inertia of an object, determined by observing the acceleration when a known force is applied. The gravitational force acting on an object is found to be proportional to its mass, as is the gravitational force that it exerts on other objects.

gravitational mass mass That property of matter which makes it create a gravitational field and attract other particles (cf. inertial mass; equivalence principle).

Subject	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
mass		quantity	The measure of the inertia of an object, determined by observing the acceleration when a known force is applied. The gravitational force acting on an object is found to be proportional to its mass, as is the gravitational force that it exerts on other objects.
gravitational mass	mass		That property of matter which makes it create a gravitational field and attract other particles (cf. inertial mass; equivalence principle).

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