What is Weight ? | āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


What is Weight ? | āĻ“āϜāύ āĻ•āĻŋ ?


Definition | āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž


Weight is the gravitational force acting on an object. (āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞāĻ• āĻ“āϜāύ (Weight) āĻŦā§‹āϞ⧇āĨ¤)


Points | āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš



  •  It changes with gravity. (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻš'āϞ⧇ āĻ“āϜāύ⧋ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)

  • SI Unit = Newton (N). (SI āĻāĻ•āĻ• = āύāĻŋāωāϟāύ (N)āĨ¤)

  • Weight is a vector quantity. (āĻ“āϜāύ āĻāϟāĻž āϭ⧇āĻ•ā§āϟ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĨ¤)

  • Measured by Spring Balance. (āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻžā§āϚ (Spring Balance)-⧰⧇ āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Formula | āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§ā§° : 


Weight = Mass × Gravity (W = m×g)


āϝ'āϤ,



  • W = Weight (āĻ“āϜāύ)

  • m = Mass (āĻ­ā§°)

  • g = Acceleration due to Gravity (āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§°āĻŖ)


Value of Gravity on Earth | āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻŽāĻžāύ




  • On Earth, g ≈ 9.8 m/s² (āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€āϤ g ≈ 9.8 m/s²)




Example | āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ


If Mass = 5 kg


Then, W = 5 × 9.8 = 49 N, Weight = 49 N


āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻ­ā§° 5 kg āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ“āϜāύ = 49 NāĨ¤


Measuring Instrument | āĻœā§‹āĻ–āĻžā§° āϏāρāϜ⧁āϞāĻŋ: Spring Balance (āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦ⧇āϞ⧇āĻžā§āϚ)


Gravity Effect | āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ­āĻžā§ą



  • Earth (āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€) → Weight is more

  • Moon (āϚāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°) → Weight is less


Mass remains the same, but weight changes according to gravity. (āĻ­ā§° āĻāϕ⧇āχ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻ“āϜāύ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


Note: Weight = Force due to Gravity (āĻ“āϜāύ = āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ•ā§°ā§āώāĻŖāϜāύāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāϞ)





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