En física, la fuerza es una magnitud vectorial que mide la intensidad del intercambio de momento lineal entre dos partículas o sistemas de partículas. Según una definición clásica, fuerza es todo agente capaz de modificar la cantidad de movimiento o la forma de los materiales. No debe confundirse con los conceptos de esfuerzo o de energía. En el Sistema Internacional de Unidades, la unidad de medida de fuerza es el newton que se representa con el símbolo: N , nombrada así en reconocimiento a Isaac Newton por su aportación a la física, especialmente a la mecánica clásica. El newton es una unidad derivada del SI que se define como la fuerza necesaria para proporcionar una aceleración de 1 m/s² a un objeto de 1 kg de masa.

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(For other uses, see Force (disambiguation) and Forcing (disambiguation).) In physics, a force is any interaction that, when unopposed, will change the motion of an object. In other words, a force can cause an object with mass to change its velocity (which includes to begin moving from a state of rest), i.e., to accelerate. Force can also be described by intuitive concepts such as a push or a pull. A force has both magnitude and direction, making it a vector quantity. It is measured in the SI unit of newtons and represented by the symbol F. The original form of Newton's second law states that the net force acting upon an object is equal to the rate at which its momentum changes with time. If the mass of the object is constant, this law implies that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the net force acting on the object, is in the direction of the net force, and is inversely proportional to the mass of the object Related concepts to force include: thrust, which increases the velocity of an object; drag, which decreases the velocity of an object; and torque, which produces changes in rotational speed of an object. In an extended body, each part usually applies forces on the adjacent parts; the distribution of such forces through the body is the so-called mechanical stress. Pressure is a simple type of stress. Stress usually causes deformation of solid materials, or flow in fluids.

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