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Also known as gravitational weight
In science and engineering, the weight of an object is a quantity associated with the gravitational force exerted on the object by other objects in its environment, although there is some variation and debate as to the exact definition.
Weight is the force that gravity exerts on an object, pulling it downward toward Earth or another large body like a planet or moon. It matters because understanding weight helps us measure how much force gravity applies to objects, which is essential for everything from building structures that won't collapse to designing spacecraft that can escape Earth's pull.
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在科学與工程学上,物體的重量指的通常是重力作用在它身上的力。重量是向量,它的量(純量)一般用斜體 表示。重量是質量 和當地重力加速度 的乘積,即為:。重力的计量单位和力一樣,也就是国际单位制(SI)的「牛頓」。舉例而言,一件質量為一公斤的物體在地球表面重9.8牛頓,而在月球上則重9.8牛頓的六分之一。根據這個定義,若要一個物體沒有重量,原則上只有無限遠離所有其他具有質量的物體才可能發生。雖然科學上重量和質量是不同的量,日常生活中常會將兩者混用。例如轉換或比較以磅力為單位的力和以公斤為單位的質量,反之亦然。 牛頓物理學和工程學也有個傳統:視一物體的重量為其秤起來的重量。這裡的重量是施在一物上的反作用力。一般而言,測量物體的重量時,物體會被放置在相對於地球處於靜止狀態的秤上,而這個定義也能延伸到其他的運動狀態。因此,自由落體的物體重量為零。這第二種重量的定義,允許地面上的物體處於失重狀態。若忽略空氣阻力,艾薩克牛頓那顆著名的蘋果從樹上掉下來接觸地面之前是沒有重量的。 另外,根據相对论,重力是时空彎曲的結果。教學界已經為「如何向學生定義重量」爭論超過半世紀。目前的情況是多種概念並存,視情況使用不同概念。
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