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alkaspeltzar
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Summary: Trying to understand pressure and it's relation to force
Okay here is my dumb thought. A force is defined as an influence on an object, causing change in motion correct?
Then how can pressure be a force on an area? Maybe I'm stuck on the word "on". But the way I'm reading the force is on an area, force is always on a body or such, area isn't a body? So I'm confused.
Or maybe I'm reading into it? Is pressure just the force of a body given within an area? My gut tells me pressure is a force exherted by a liquid or gas within or given region . Someone help, please and thank you if you can straighten me out.
Okay here is my dumb thought. A force is defined as an influence on an object, causing change in motion correct?
Then how can pressure be a force on an area? Maybe I'm stuck on the word "on". But the way I'm reading the force is on an area, force is always on a body or such, area isn't a body? So I'm confused.
Or maybe I'm reading into it? Is pressure just the force of a body given within an area? My gut tells me pressure is a force exherted by a liquid or gas within or given region . Someone help, please and thank you if you can straighten me out.