Question

What is the definition of mass??????

Answer 1

Answer:

mass, in physics, quantitative measure of inertia, a fundamental property of all matter. It is, in effect, the resistance that a body of matter offers to a change in its speed or position upon the application of a force. The greater the mass of a body, the smaller the change produced by an applied force.

Answer 2

• When a net force is applied, mass is both a characteristic of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (rate of change in velocity with respect to time).
• The gravitational force of an item on other bodies is also determined by its mass.
• The kilogram is the SI's basic unit of mass (kg).
• Even though mass is generally established by measuring the object's weight on a spring scale rather than comparing it directly to known masses on a balancing scale, mass is not the same as weight in physics.
• Because of the reduced gravity on the Moon, an object would weigh less than it would on Earth, yet it would still have the same mass.
• This is because weight is a force, but mass is the characteristic that determines the strength of that force (together with gravity).