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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
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Subject: Re: Potential Energy (could someone expand on the 'yes' answer?)
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 22:00:50 EST
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> The predominant meaning of the word "mass" among physicists is
> "rest mass", not mass times some velocity-dependent factor.

For what it's worth, in high-energy physics it is not unusual to see the
phrase "invariant mass" (meaning rest mass) for clarity.
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D Gary Grady
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