Force pair

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002399",
  "term": "Force pair",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "Two forces of equal size and opposite direction that two interacting bodies exert on each other, as described by Newton's third law. Each force acts on a different body, so the pair does not cancel, and each body accelerates according to the net force on it alone. A book pressing down on a table, for example, is paired with the table pushing up on the book.",
  "subject": "Mechanical engineering",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Kräftepaar",
    "es": "par de fuerzas",
    "fr": "paire de forces"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/force-pair/"
}