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BTW, since gravitational forces (locally) are not "real" but are artifactsof
the use of a noninertial frame used to describe the physics, I prefer*not*
to define the concept of "weight" as (the magnitude of) the gravitationalthe
force on an object. Such a definition makes an object's weight depend on
coordinate system of the observer. I prefer to define weight as whatothers
define as "apparent weight" which is simply the magnitude of the
*non*gravitational force of support on a body which prevents a free fall
state (or equivalently, which deflects the motion from a free fall state).
This definition of weight is independent of the frame of the observer and
agrees with our usual sensations of weight.