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Point mass

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planck particlenoun(physics) A hypothetical particle having physical quantities on the Planck scale, most importantly being one Planck mass in mass.
pointismnounA monistic ontology of physics founded on points.
weightnounThe downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
active gravitational massnoun(physics) The mass of an object measured via the gravitational force that it exerts
mass functionnoun(astronomy, mathematics) A relationship that describes the mass distribution.
pressuronnoun(physics) A hypothetical scalar particle that couples to both gravity and matter.
eigenmassnoun(physics) A mass whose value is that of a corresponding eigenvalue.
massnoun(physical) Matter, material.
planck massnoun(physics) The unit of mass in the system of Planck units, defined as: m_P=√≈2.1765×10⁻⁸ mbox kg
isomassnoun(physics) A condition of having the same mass.
passive gravitational massnoun(physics) The mass of an object measured via the gravitational force experienced by it in a known gravitational field
mass energynoun(physics) The energy present in an object because of its mass
relativistic massnoun(physics) The increased mass of an object moving at relativistic speed relative to an observer.
inertial massnoun(physics) The mass of an object measured as its resistance to being accelerated by an applied force; it is equal to its gravitational mass.
conservation of massnoun(physics, physical chemistry) A conservation law of classical physics that states that the total mass of a closed system remains constant regardless of the chemical or physical changes that take place within it.
classicalonnoun(physics) An extended classical object, formed at high energy, that decays into various particle states.
preonnoun(physics) A hypothetical point-like particle, supposed to be a subcomponent of quarks and leptons and possibly bosons too.
quasipotentialnoun(mathematics, physics) A complex function of momentum and energy applied to an individual attractor in a complex system of multiple attractors
gravitational massnoun(physics) The mass of an object as measured by its interaction with gravity; it is equal to its inertial mass.
particle statisticsnoun(statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics) Any of certain theories, in classical physics or (particularly) quantum mechanics, that model the behaviour of collections of particles of identical type.

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