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gravitational mass

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gravitational mass has definition That property of matter which makes it create a gravitational field and attract other particles (cf. inertial mass; equivalence principle). has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:33:14.0
is an instance of mass

mass has unit mass unit

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gravitational mass	has definition That property of matter which makes it create a gravitational field and attract other particles (cf. inertial mass; equivalence principle).
gravitational mass	is an instance of mass
mass	has unit mass unit
number	has value