The word is "mass that box." It's been used in American textbooks for many
years, though some traditionalists don't like it.
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> So we find it hard to separate mass and weight. Since when is this new?
> We need to get this figured out. We need a linguist or somebody
> with brains
> to invent a word xxxx, a verb both transitive and intransitive, parallel
> to "weigh" to give the set:
> weigh weight
> xxxx mass
> Then we will have:
> "That box weighs 7067 newtons."
> "That box xxxxes 721 kilograms."
> "Weigh that box."
> "Xxxx that box."
> "The weight of that box is 7067 newtons."
> "The mass of that box is 721 kilograms."
>
> The verb and the noun can have different roots.
> Does any language have such a word?
>
> Some have said the verb is "mass" which gives:
> "That box masses 721 kilograms."
> "Mass that box."
> Hey, everybody, what is the word?
> Robert Bushnell
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