Physics GCSE
transmitting moments
What transmitting moments means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of transmitting moments
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Taking a turning effect in at one place and delivering it at another, usually with a different size of force.
Topics that use transmitting moments
- 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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