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rest mass

The physical mass of a body as measured by an observer who perceives the body as motionless. Rest mass is an inherent property of elementary particles. Also called invariant mass.

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rest mass

(General Physics) the mass of an object that is at rest relative to an observer. It is the mass used in Newtonian mechanics

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rest′ mass`

the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body in the theory of relativity.

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

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

natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"

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