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gravitational mass

American  

noun

Physics.
  1. the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies.


gravitational mass British  

noun

  1. the mass of a body determined by its response to the force of gravity Compare inertial mass

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One surprise was that teachers were susceptible to the gravitational mass.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 10, 2026

That power derives from the gravitational mass of Walt Disney World, located outside Orlando.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 8, 2022

Thus, this chapter supports Big Idea 1 that gravitational mass is an important property of an object or a system.

From Textbooks Aug. 12, 2015

The concepts of inertial and gravitational mass were invented later by Isaac Newton.

From Science Magazine Mar. 5, 2015

I just want to get the script and say, 'Here's what I said about gravitational mass and inertial mass, or about Einstein's general theory of relativity or about entropy.

From The Guardian Mar. 24, 2011

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