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Encyclopedia of Earth: Physics & Chemistry: Mass

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Defines inertial and gravitational mass, their scientific history, formulas used in their calculation, the definition of weight, units used for mass, and mass as perceived in the theory of special relativity.

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mass
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active gravitational mass, gravitational mass, inertial mass, passive gravitational mass, relativistic mass, special relativity, weak equivalence principle, encyclopedia of earth, galilean equivalence principle, special theory of relativity
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