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REST MASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rest mass mean? 

REST MASS (noun)
  The noun REST MASS has 1 sense:

1. (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the bodyplay

  Familiarity information: REST MASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REST MASS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("rest mass" is a kind of...):

mass (the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)


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