Physics A-Level
Normal contact force
What Normal contact force means in Physics A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Normal contact force
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A force that acts perpendicular to a surface where two objects touch.
Topics that use Normal contact force
- Dynamics (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Drag
- Drag in gases
- Free fall with drag
- Friction
- homogeneity
- Isolating objects
- newton
- Resultant force and free-body diagrams
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