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This tag is for the classical concept of forces, i.e. the quantities causing an acceleration of a body. It expands to the strong/electroweak force only insofar as they act comparable to ‘classical’ forces. Use the [particle-physics] tag for decay channels due to forces and [newtonian-mechanics] or one of the other subtopics of [classical-mechanics] for the dynamics of classical systems.

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Why does gravity seem to have two natures (force or warping of space and time)?

The two effects are one and the same. Or more accurately, our experience of gravity as a force can be explained by gravity's effect of curving space. It all hinges on Newton's first law of motion: a …
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What does it mean for the gravitational force to be "between" two bodies?

The meaning of the word "between" in this case is the same as the meaning of between in the sentence: The love between two people Of course it is understood that love does not exist in air. One pers …
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