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harrylin
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictitious_forceK^2 said:The term "fictitious force" is strictly defined in physics. If you misunderstand it, that is your problem and yours alone.
As you say, "if you misunderstand it, then that is your problem"; but "yours alone" is not sure as there could be more people who misunderstand it. Importantly, the purpose of this forum is to help each other.
Anyway, the question of this thread here does not concern "fictitious" but "force"; as someone brought it up it was useful to explain what people mean with it and why, but an argument about it is out of place and distracts from the topic.Gravity is a fictitious force under General Relativity by definition of the former. This is not something that deserves an argument.
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