Title: moment of a force
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - moment of a force
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.M04005
Status: current
Index: quantity

Definition
About a point is the vector product of the radius vector from this point to a point on the line of action of the force and the force, \(M=r\times F\).

Sources
- Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 12 (https://goldbook.iupac.org/files/pdf/green_book_2ed.pdf)
- ISO 31-2: 1992 (https://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=3626)

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Citation: Citation: 'moment of a force' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.M04005
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