BRAINCAKENewton's Third Law of Motion
Newton's third law is about the interaction between objects.
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Key terms in this lesson
- tension
- The force within a stretched object, such as a rope or cable, that opposes the stretching.
- thrust
- The force within a compressed object that opposes the compression.
- normal contact force
- The force that acts perpendicular to the plane of contact between two surfaces, preventing one surface passing through the other.
More in Momentum
- Newton's First Law of Motion.
- Newton's Second Law of Motion
- The Four Fundamental Forces
- Linear Momentum
- Conservation of Momentum
- Explosions vs Collisions
- Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
- Air Bags
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