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    The concept of force is commonly explained in terms of newton's three laws of motion. Newton's third law states that when one body exerts a force on another body, the second body exerts an equal force on the first body. Physicists use the newton, a unit of the SI, for measuring force.

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    The concept of force is commonly explained in terms of newton's three laws of motion. Newton's third law states that when one body exerts a force on another body, the second body exerts an equal force on the first body. Physicists use the newton, a unit of the SI, for measuring force.

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    Force

    Physics
    Writtenby:TheEditorsofEncyclopdiaBritannica
    Force,inmechanics,anyactionthattendstomaintainoralterthemotionofabodyortodistortit.The
    conceptofforceiscommonlyexplainedintermsofNewtonsthreelawsofmotionsetforthinhis
    PrincipiaMathematica(1687).AccordingtoNewtonsfirstprinciple,abodythatisatrestormovingata
    uniformrateinastraightlinewillremaininthatstateuntilsomeforceisappliedtoit.Thesecondlawsays
    thatwhenanexternalforceactsonabody,itproducesanacceleration(changeinvelocity)ofthebodyin
    thedirectionoftheforce.Themagnitudeoftheaccelerationisdirectlyproportionaltothemagnitudeofthe
    externalforceandinverselyproportionaltothequantityofmatterinthebody.Newtonsthirdlawstates
    thatwhenonebodyexertsaforceonanotherbody,thesecondbodyexertsanequalforceonthefirstbody.
    Thisprincipleofactionandreactionexplainswhyaforcetendstodeformabody(i.e.,changeitsshape)
    whetherornotitcausesthebodytomove.Thedeformationofabodycanusuallybeneglectedwhen
    investigatingitsmotion.
    Becauseforcehasbothmagnitudeanddirection,itisavectorquantity.Therepresentationofforcesby
    vectorsimpliesthattheyareconcentratedeitheratasinglepointoralongasingleline.Thisis,however,
    physicallyimpossible.Onaloadedcomponentofastructure,forexample,theappliedforceproducesan
    internalforce,orstress,thatisdistributedoverthecrosssectionofthecomponent.Theforceofgravityis
    invariablydistributedthroughoutthevolumeofabody.Nonetheless,whentheequilibriumofabodyisthe
    primaryconsideration,itisgenerallyvalidaswellasconvenienttoassumethattheforcesareconcentrated
    atasinglepoint.Inthecaseofgravitationalforce,thetotalweightofabodymaybeassumedtobe
    concentratedatitscentreofgravity(seegravity,centreof).
    Physicistsusethenewton,aunitoftheInternationalSystem(SI),formeasuringforce.Anewtonisthe
    forceneededtoaccelerateabodyweighingonekilogrambyonemetrepersecondpersecond.Theformula
    F=maisemployedtocalculatethenumberofnewtonsrequiredtoincreaseordecreasethevelocityofa
    givenbody.IncountriesstillusingtheEnglishsystemofmeasurement,engineerscommonlymeasureforce
    inpounds.Onepoundofforceimpartstoaonepoundobjectanaccelerationof32.17feetpersecond
    squared.

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