Working mass Working mass Working mass, also referred to as reaction mass, is a mass against which a system operates in order to produce acceleration. In the case of a rocket, for example, the reaction mass is the fuel shot backwards to provide propulsion. All acceleration requires an exchange of momentum, which can be thought of as the "unit of movement". Momentum is related to mass and velocity, as given by the formula "P = mv," where "P" is the momentum, "m" the mass, and "v" the velocity. The velocity of a body is easily changeable, but in most cases the mass
Mode of a linear field usually the energy of the solution "assuming that there is no other field in S". From the norm are defined the orthogonality and the scalar product of solutions. The orthogonality of solutions extends to the corresponding modes. Mode of a linear field In physics, a vector field is linear if it is a solution of a set of linear equations "E". For instance, in physics, the electromagnetic field in vacuum, defined in the usual (3 + 1)-dimensional space "S", obeys Maxwell's equations. A linear combination of electromagnetic fields, with constant, real coefficients, is a new field which obeys Maxwell's equations.