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AreaArea measures the size of a surface using length measurements in two dimensions. An area is being measured if two length units are multiplied such as square inch or square centimeter, or if a special area unit such as acre or hectare is used.Back to: Units
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The most common use of acceleration is acceleration due to gravity which can also appear as the gravitational constant (you might have seen it as .) Back to: Units
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This gives the units clue: mass * acceleration. This combination of units has been given the name Newton (N) in honor of Sir Isaac. The most common use of force is force of an object due to gravity (we call it weight!) which is calculated using mass * gravitational acceleration. Back to: Units
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