• WIZARD POPE💫
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      1110 months ago

      Well G’s only make sense grams are not a unit of force

      • @Oneser@lemm.ee
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        310 months ago

        I have often seen kg-force to mean the weight component only, assuming gravity is 9.8m/s^2.

        • WIZARD POPE💫
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          110 months ago

          I have only ever seen mass-force being ised by americans.

          • @Oneser@lemm.ee
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            510 months ago

            I’ve also seen it used in usability design, where it is helpful to provide users relatable information (e.g apply equivalent force to the weight of a 1kg bag)