Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: Re: Potential Energy (could someone expand on the 'yes' answer?) Message-ID: <716@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 22:00:50 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.716 Posted: Thu Nov 7 22:00:50 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Nov-85 06:28:45 EST References: <175@tulane.UUCP> <471@iham1.UUCP> <536@talcott.UUCP> Organization: Duke U Comp Ctr Lines: 10 > 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. -- D Gary Grady Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC 27706 (919) 684-3695 USENET: {seismo,decvax,ihnp4,akgua,etc.}!mcnc!ecsvax!dgary