What is the scientific word for weight?

Answer 1

weight is something that pull you down and this something is called gravety. gravety pull you down and this what mass in, really there is no difference between the two.

Answer 2

Weight and mass are two very different things - please don't confuse them. In SI, mass is measured in kilograms; weight (like any force) is measured in Newtons.

Let's assume you have a mass of 100 kg. (overweight, but that simplifies calculations). On Earth, you will be attracted with a force of 980 N. If you go to the Moon, you will be attracted with something like 160 N - but your mass will still be 100 kg. In space, in free fall, your weight will be zero - but your mass will still be 100 kg. Mass can be measured through its inertia - in outer space it will still take a force to get you moving, or to slow down your movement.

Answer 3

Technically in scientific terms weight is a type of force. Some people get weight confused with mass, which is not at all the same thing, though the two are related. It doesn't help that items are often labelled with both pounds (force units) and kilograms (mass units).

Answer 4

The most common way is to measure the force generated on the object by the gravitational field of the earth and compare it to the force of a standardized mass.

Another way is to create your own force field usually by swinging the mass in a circle on a string at a carefully regulated speed (angular velocity) and measuring the tension on the string.

Answer 5

Answer: Weight is the force of gravity acting on an object.
how much somthin weighs

Answer 6

Is a measure of the pull of gravity on an object

Answer 7

how many newtons you wiegh.

Answer 8

mass