Definition:External Force

Definition

An external force is a force that originates outside a particular system of particles considered as a whole.

Also see

• Definition:Internal Force

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): external force
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): external force