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| resistance to acceleration (reluctance of the body to change its state of motion) Has no units |
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the quantity of matter(i.e the amount of stuff) A direction measure of inertia.
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| push or pull acting on a body . If strong enough,it may alter the body's state of motion. Units-Newtons(N) |
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The force exerted on the body due to gravity. W= m x g.
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due to gravity (-9.81m/s2). W=weight(N) |
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amount of force acting over a given area.
P=F/A Units-N/m2 |
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The amount of space a body occupies
units-liters 1 liter=1000cm3 |
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mass per unit volume.
p("rho")=m/v
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rotational effect created by an off-center force.
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| application of a single force of sufficient magnitude to cause injury to biological tissue. |
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| directed along the longitudinal axis of a body |
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| asymmetric loading that produces tension on one side of a body 's longitudinal axis and compression on the other side. |
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| point around which the body's weight is equally balanced , no matter how the body is positioned. |
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| simultaneous action of more than one of the pure forms of loading. |
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| pressing or squeezing force directed axially through a body |
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| loss of mechanical continuity. |
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| sketch that shows a defined system in isolation with all of the forces vectors acting on the system. |
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| product of force and the time over which the force acts |
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| electric current or voltage produced by a muscle developing tension. |
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| resultant force derived from composition of two or more forces. |
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| repeated application of a subacute load that is usually of relative low magnitude. |
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| single vector that results from vector composition. |
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| physical quantity that is completely describe by its magnitude |
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| force directed parallel to a surface |
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| weight per unit of volume. |
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| distribution of force within a body, quantified as force divided by area over which the force acts |
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| pulling or stretching force directed axially through a body |
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| load producing twisting of a body around its longitudinal axis |
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| devices that detects signals |
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| physical quantity that possesses both magnitude and direction. |
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| process of determining a single vector from two or more vectors by vector addition. |
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| operation that replaces a single vector with two perpendicular vectors such that the vector composition of the two perpendicular vectors yields the original vector. |
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| yield point (elastic limit) |
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| point on the load-deformation curve past which deformation is permanent. |
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