Zeroclickinfo-goodies: Conversions: Suggestion: change name of "mass" to "weight"

[zorbama]

I think it would just be easier to find and make more sense to the layman if it was called "weight" instead of "mass". It took me personally a moment to see that it was there.

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[adityatandon007]

There is a difference between weight and mass
Weight is the force with which gravity pulls on a mass . Weight is expressed generally in newtons whereas mass is the matter a body contains, generally expressed in kg.
For example, your mass on earth and moon remains same but your weight changes.

Although, I get your point :slightly_smiling_face:
what generally mean when people say my weight is 65kg, it actually means there mass is 65kg, their actual weight would be 65*9.8 Newtons

[zorbama]

I figured it's probably more correct to call it "mass", however I do feel that changing it will improve clarity, at least for ignorants such as myself. :)

[pjhampton]

If I could leave my 2 cents...
I think we should keep it as mass. All the other search engines do it.

Saying that -> there is a quick win to add triggering support for weight converter, calculator etc to open up at the mass calculator.

[mintsoft]

It absolutely should be mass; weight is force, mass is mass.

[pjhampton]

Ok, the big guns (@adityatandon007 + @mintsoft) have spoken. Mass it stays.