In science and engineering, the weight of an object, is the force acting on the object due to acceleration of gravity.
A weighbridge, used for weighing trucks
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In physics, gravity (from Latin gravitas 'weight') is a fundamental interaction which causes mutual attraction between all things that have mass. Gravity is, by far, the weakest of the four fundamental interactions, approximately 1038 times weaker than the strong interaction, 1036 times weaker than the electromagnetic force and 1029 times weaker than the weak interaction. As a result, it has no significant influence at the level of subatomic particles. However, gravity is the most significant interaction between objects at the macroscopic scale, and it determines the motion of planets, stars, galaxies, and even light.
The shape of two massive galaxies in the picture are distorted due to gravity.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, where according to legend Galileo performed an experiment about the speed of falling objects
English physicist and mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
An illustration of the Schwarzschild metric, which describes spacetime around a spherical, uncharged, and nonrotating object with mass
