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Name the S.I. unit of force and define it.

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The S.I. unit of force is newton.

One newton is the force which when acts on a body of mass 1 kg, produces an acceleration of 1 m s^-2.

Hence, 1 newton = 1 kg x 1 m s^-2

The standard symbol of newton is N.

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