Definition of weight As per CGPM the official definition of weight is "The weight of a body is the product of it's mass and acceleration due to gravity." When I searched for gravity it defined gravity as the fundamental force of attraction acting between any two bodies with non-zero mass. So should not the definition of weight contain "maximum value of acceleration due to gravity?"

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2022-11-17

Definition of weight
As per CGPM the official definition of weight is
"The weight of a body is the product of it's mass and acceleration due to gravity."
When I searched for gravity it defined gravity as the fundamental force of attraction acting between any two bodies with non-zero mass. So should not the definition of weight contain "maximum value of acceleration due to gravity?"

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teleriasacr

teleriasacr

Beginner2022-11-18Added 21 answers

An object’s acceleration due to gravity is dependent on the gravitational field strength at the object. In general, this is dependent on space and time. This is why an object’s weight is different on, for example, the earth and the moon.
I’m not entirely sure why the maximum value of acceleration due to gravity would be used. Maximum with respect to what?

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