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Jeans mass comparison table

Subject	is an instance of	is a kind of	has definition
mass		quantity	The measure of the inertia of an object, determined by observing the acceleration when a known force is applied. The gravitational force acting on an object is found to be proportional to its mass, as is the gravitational force that it exerts on other objects.
Jeans mass	mass		The mass enclosed within a sphere of diameter equal to the Jeans length.

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