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Re:An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longe... by max76 on Friday May 17, 2019 @01:58PM (#19941985)
Weight is a measurement of force. Mass isn't.
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Re:An old artifact kept in a vault outside Paris is no longe... by rmwaite on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:05PM (#19951185)
More accurately, force is a unit of mass and acceleration.
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