Effective mass

mass that a particle appears to have when responding to forces

dimensional quantity kind, quantity kind

Corresponding Quantity Kind: mass with ISQ dimension $𝖬$

ISQ dimension $𝖬$

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Description

The mass that a particle appears to have when responding to forces, or the mass that it seems to have when interacting with other identical particles.

Specializations

effective mass (solid-state physics), effective mass (spring-mass system)

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_mass

Further links

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