What is the force keeping a twirling mass from falling due to gravity?

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Hello! I'm very new to these forums so please pardon my ignorance.

When you twirl a mass on a string horizontally (I.E. you hold a string with a mass on the end of it and spin around) , what is the force keeping the mass from falling due to gravity? I'm a little curious and I can't seem to understand this. I'd appreciate any insight. Thanks!
 
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I thought the tension acted perp. to the object's weight?
 
Mattowander said:
Hello! I'm very new to these forums so please pardon my ignorance.

When you twirl a mass on a string horizontally (I.E. you hold a string with a mass on the end of it and spin around) , what is the force keeping the mass from falling due to gravity? I'm a little curious and I can't seem to understand this. I'd appreciate any insight. Thanks!

The vertical component of tension.

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The mass will never be traveling in a completely horizontal path, there will be a finite vertical component as mentioned above to oppose the force from gravity
 
NoobixCube said:
The mass will never be traveling in a completely horizontal path, there will be a finite vertical component as mentioned above to oppose the force from gravity
I think you meant to say that the string will never be completely horizontal--thus there will always be a vertical component of tension to balance the weight. (The mass can certainly travel in a perfectly horizontal path.)