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  2. Orders of magnitude (force) - Wikipedia

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    Examples of force. The following list shows different orders of magnitude of force. Since weight under gravity is a force, several of these examples refer to the weight of various objects. Unless otherwise stated, these are weights under average Earth gravity at sea level.

  3. Force - Wikipedia

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    The normal force, for example, is responsible for the structural integrity of tables and floors as well as being the force that responds whenever an external force pushes on a solid object. An example of the normal force in action is the impact force on an object crashing into an immobile surface. [4]: ch.12 [5]

  4. Magnitude (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the magnitude or size of a mathematical object is a property which determines whether the object is larger or smaller than other objects of the same kind. More formally, an object's magnitude is the displayed result of an ordering (or ranking) of the class of objects to which it belongs.

  5. Newton (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A newton is defined as 1 kg⋅m/s 2 (it is a named derived unit defined in terms of the SI base units). [1]: 137 One newton is, therefore, the force needed to accelerate one kilogram of mass at the rate of one metre per second squared in the direction of the applied force.

  6. Newton's law of universal gravitation - Wikipedia

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    Newton's law of gravitation resembles Coulomb's law of electrical forces, which is used to calculate the magnitude of the electrical force arising between two charged bodies. Both are inverse-square laws, where force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the bodies. Coulomb's law has charge in place of mass and a ...

  7. Couple (mechanics) - Wikipedia

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    F is the magnitude of the force d is the perpendicular distance (moment) between the two parallel forces The magnitude of the torque is equal to F • d , with the direction of the torque given by the unit vector e ^ {\displaystyle {\hat {e}}} , which is perpendicular to the plane containing the two forces and positive being a counter-clockwise ...

  8. Normal force - Wikipedia

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    Figure 2: Weight (W), the frictional force (F r), and the normal force (F n) acting on a block.Weight is the product of mass (m) and the acceleration of gravity (g).In the case of an object resting upon a flat table (unlike on an incline as in Figures 1 and 2), the normal force on the object is equal but in opposite direction to the gravitational force applied on the object (or the weight of ...

  9. Orders of magnitude (pressure) - Wikipedia

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    This is a tabulated listing of the orders of magnitude in relation to pressure expressed in pascals. psi values, prefixed with + and - , denote values relative to Earth's sea level standard atmospheric pressure (psig); otherwise, psia is assumed.