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Originally Posted by SleazyDream
best answer yet, and you seem to have some grasp on this subject of all that have posted so far. but you still didn't answer my question, explaining the difference between the two.
let me take your answer a step further. You talk about G force in free fall. but that's not what I asked. I asked about circular motion and the force in it. If you spin - your arms fling out. you don't have to have gravity for that. It will happen in a vacuum in deep space with no gravity acting on you. the force acts like gravity in reverse (but can be used as gravity if your inside a spinning circle). so how are they different?
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The only difference is the direction of acceleration. Standing on the surface of the earth, you're accelerating upwards relative to the natural state of freefall. The ground is pushing you up. Swinging your right arm in a circle from back to front, the arm is accelerating to the left. That's the difference - direction of acceleration.
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