free body diagram
What free body diagram means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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A diagram that isolates one object and shows only the forces acting on that object, each drawn as a labelled arrow starting on the object.
Shows one chosen object as a point or simple shape with an arrow for every force acting on that object only.
Topics that use free body diagram
- Resultant forces (AQA GCSE)
- Newton's laws (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- balanced forces
- Resultant force
- changing direction
- Circular motion
- combining forces
- constant velocity
- Directly Proportional
- Distance along the line of action of the force
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