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Write the name of force acting acting perpendicular on a surface


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Thrust:

  1. Force is the action of push or pull on an object that changes or tends to change the state of a body.
  2. The effectiveness of force depends on area on which it is acting.
  3. If the force is acting perpendicular to a surface ,it is called thrust.
  4. Its SI unit is newton(N).

Hence, force acting perpendicular on a surface is called Thrust.


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