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rest mass

Physics the mass of a body when its velocity is zero: according to one view of the special theory of relativity, an object's mass increases as its speed increases

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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