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| One that has magnitude (size) but not direction |
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| One that has magnitude (size and direction |
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| Distance moved in a stated direcition |
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| Distance travelled per unit time - Scalar |
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| Displacement per unit time - Vector |
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| The speed at a given instant of time - it is the gradient of the graph of displacement against time at that instant |
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| The rate of change of velocity |
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| The force that causes a mass of one kg to have an acceleration of one metre per second, every second |
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| The gravitational force on a body |
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| A pair of equal and parallel but opposite forces, which tends to produce rotation only |
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| The force multiplied by the perpendicular distance from a stated point |
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| Defined as mass per unit volume |
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| The work done when a force of 1 Newton moves its point of application 1 metre in the direction of the force |
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| The stored ability to do work |
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| Describes the situation in any closed system where energy can be converted from one form to another but cannot be created or destroyed |
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| Gravitational Potential Energy |
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| The energy stored in an object (the work that an object can do) by virtue of its position in a gravitational field |
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| The work an object can do by virtue of its speed |
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| Force per unit cross sectional area |
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| Extension per unit length |
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