The Emergence Machine

Weight

property · Physics · Level 3 · E1

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Emergence definition

Weight is the gravitational force on an object, determined by its mass and the gravitational field strength, which is a measure of the energy exerted by gravity.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Weight” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “Weight”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
weight
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0WeightForceMassActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    Understanding motion helps understand force-related concept weight
  • Force L2 (requires)
    Weight is the gravitational force exerted on matter by gravitational fields.
  • Mass L2 (requires)
    Weight is the gravitational force on an object, determined by its mass and gravitational field strength.

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