Newton's Third Law of Motion

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Mass A measure of objects inertia; also a measure of the amount of matter in an object.
Weight The force o a body due to the gravitational attraction of another body
Acceleration The rate at which velocity changes  
Interaction The relationship between the two forces of action and reaction
Force a push or pull upon an object  
Net Force The combined forces of all the forces acting on a body
Newton's Third Law When one object pushes against another object, the other object pushes back with an equal force in the opposite direction.  
Action Force One of the forces explained in Newton's third Law of motion.  
Reaction Force The force that exerts an equal force in the opposite direction to the action force.  
Pressure The force applied to a unit area of surface