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Language:enStatus: Standard
Term: moment of force
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Symbol: M
Definition: axial vector quantity defined for a given origin point by the vector product M = r × F, where r is the position vector of any point on the line of action of the force F

NOTE The coherent SI unit of moment of force is newton metre, N·m.


Publication date:2011-04
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Internal notes:2014-07-07: Symbol <i>M</i> corrected to <b><i>M</i></b>. JGO

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