Another physical characteristic or attribute widely used to describe a person or object is mass. However, in our daily activities, we sometimes interchange the concept with weight. In science, the latter refers to force exerted in relation to gravity and its composition (or mass). To easily differentiate the two, we measure mass in terms of tonne, pounds, and kilograms to ounces, etc. and weight is denoted by N (or Newton).Nonetheless, it is acceptable to swap the meanings (of mass and weight...
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