The force, by which the body is attracted, towards the centre of the earth, is called

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• The force which acts along the radius of a circle and directed towards the centre of the circle is known as centripetal force.
• If P is the force acting on the body, m is the mass of the body and a is the acceleration of the body, then according to Newton's second law of motion,
• The force which acts along the radius of a circle and directed away from the centre of the circle is called centrifugal force
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• A force acting in the opposite direction to the motion of the body is called force of friction.
• A resultant force is a single force which produces the same effect as produced by all the given forces acting on a body
• The maximum frictional force, which comes into play, when a body just begins to slide over the surface of the other body, is known as
• When a rigid body is suspended vertically, and it oscillates with a small amplitude under the action of the force of gravity, the body is known as
• Whenever a force acts on a body and the body undergoes a displacement, then
• The centre of oscillation and centre of suspension for a compound pendulum are interchangeable.