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Mass of a body is determined by comparing its mass against another body whose mass is already known. This body of known mass is called as weight. As it represent a body of known mass, so some people call it also as standard mass piece. Further as this body is used as reference for comparing mass of a body, it is called as standard of mass. Since long time the usage of the word weight is prevalent for a body of known mass that is used to compare or determine the mass of another body.
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Gupta, S.V. (2019). Weights—Standards of Mass. In: Mass Metrology. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 155. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12465-6_9
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