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  2. Newton's laws of motion - Wikipedia

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    A form of Newton's second law, that force is the rate of change of momentum, also holds, as does the conservation of momentum. However, the definition of momentum is modified. Among the consequences of this is the fact that the more quickly a body moves, the harder it is to accelerate, and so, no matter how much force is applied, a body cannot ...

  3. Momentum - Wikipedia

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    Newton's second law of motion states that the rate of change of a body's momentum is equal to the net force acting on it. Momentum depends on the frame of reference , but in any inertial frame it is a conserved quantity, meaning that if a closed system is not affected by external forces, its total momentum does not change.

  4. Impulse (physics) - Wikipedia

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    The SI unit of impulse is the newton second (N⋅s), and the dimensionally equivalent unit of momentum is the kilogram metre per second (kg⋅m/s). The corresponding English engineering unit is the pound-second (lbf⋅s), and in the British Gravitational System, the unit is the slug-foot per second (slug⋅ft/s).

  5. Equations of motion - Wikipedia

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    There are two main descriptions of motion: dynamics and kinematics.Dynamics is general, since the momenta, forces and energy of the particles are taken into account. In this instance, sometimes the term dynamics refers to the differential equations that the system satisfies (e.g., Newton's second law or Euler–Lagrange equations), and sometimes to the solutions to those equations.

  6. Classical mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Since the definition of acceleration is a = dv/dt, the second law can be written in the simplified and more familiar form: =. So long as the force acting on a particle is known, Newton's second law is sufficient to describe the motion of a particle.

  7. Scientific law - Wikipedia

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    Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena. [1] The term law has diverse usage in many cases (approximate, accurate, broad, or narrow) across all fields of natural science (physics, chemistry, astronomy, geoscience, biology).

  8. Relativistic mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Some definitions and concepts from classical mechanics do carry over to SR, such as force as the time derivative of momentum (Newton's second law), the work done by a particle as the line integral of force exerted on the particle along a path, and power as the time derivative of work done. However, there are a number of significant ...

  9. Force - Wikipedia

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    Equivalently, the differential form of Newton's Second Law provides an alternative definition of torque: [49] =, where is the angular momentum of the particle. Newton's Third Law of Motion requires that all objects exerting torques themselves experience equal and opposite torques, [50] and therefore also directly implies the conservation of ...