Physics GCSE
Magnitude
What Magnitude means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Magnitude
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Reference: AQA
The size or numerical value of a quantity (e.g., the size of a force in Newtons).
Topics that use Magnitude
- Moments, levers and gears (physics only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- balanced beam
- Equilibrium
- gears
- Interaction Pair
- Newton's third law
- normal contact force
- pivot
- principle of moments
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