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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Force | strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. |
| Static friction | a force that keeps an object at rest |
| Kinetic friction | a force that acts between moving surfaces. |
| Drag | a type of entertainment where people dress up and perform, often in highly stylized ways. |
| Field | an area of land marked by the presence of particular objects or features |
| Net force | the sum of all the forces acting on an object |
| Inertia | a tendency to do nothing or to remain unchanged. |
| Gravity | It describes the resulting interaction between two masses. |
| Free fall | a special case of motion with constant acceleration |
| Orbit | the curved path through which objects in space move around a planet or star: |
| Electric charge | the property of subatomic particles that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electric and magnetic field. |
| Static electricity | a familiar electric phenomenon in which charged particles are transferred from one body to another |
| Electrical conductor | a substance or material that allows electricity to flow through it |
| Electrical insulator | materials with a high resistivity |
| semiconductor | materials which have a conductivity between conductors (generally metals) and nonconductors or insulators |