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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The physical mass of a body as measured by an observer who perceives the body as motionless. Rest mass is an inherent property of elementary particles.

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  • noun physics the mass of a body when it is not moving relative to an observer

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  • noun (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body

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