| 31. | Relativistic mass and rest mass are both traditional concepts in physics, but the relativistic mass corresponds to the total energy.
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| 32. | Relativistic mass and rest mass are both traditional concepts in physics, but the relativistic mass corresponds to the total energy.
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| 33. | However, relativistic mass is discouraged by some authors since it can be a misleading quantity to apply in certain equations.
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| 34. | If the energy is not lost as heat, it's converted into relativistic mass in the form of velocity.
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| 35. | Relativistic mass depends on the motion of the object, so that different observers in relative motion see different values for it.
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| 36. | Thus, unlike the invariant mass, the " relativistic mass " depends on the observer's frame of reference.
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| 37. | But unlike the word " mass ", the phrases " rest mass " and " relativistic mass " are at least unambiguous.
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| 38. | I wonder, is relativistic mass compensated for in this theory ? talk ) 15 : 15, 26 July 2011 ( UTC)
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| 39. | As velocity increases to near light speed, the mass increases to the point where the relativistic mass dominates the conversion to velocity.
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| 40. | In some relativity textbooks, the so-called " relativistic mass " M = \ gamma m \, is used as well.
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