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Describing Interactions

Physicists have developed many ways to describe the effects of interactions. Each different description can be applied to any of the specific types of interactions listed above, with the exception that only a conservative interaction can be consistently described as a potential energy.

• Acceleration: RELATE:acceleration

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  RELATE:acceleration nopanel true acceleration

• Force:

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  RELATE:force RELATE:force nopanel true force

• Impulse:

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  RELATE:impulse RELATE:impulse nopanel true impulse

• Work:

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  RELATE:work RELATE:work nopanel true work

• Potential Energy: RELATE:potential energy

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  RELATE:potential energy nopanel true potential energy

• Torque:

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  RELATE:torque (single-axis) nopanel true RELATE:torque (single-axis) nopanel true

• Angular Impulse: RELATE:angular impulse

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  RELATE:angular impulse nopanel true angular impulse

Classifying Interactions

Internal vs. External

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Internal Force:

External Force:

Conservative vs. Non-Conservative

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Conservative Force:

Non-Conservative Force:

Torque-Producing vs. Non-Torque-Producing

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