Boundaries
There are two forces involved with true atoms. One is pulling the other pushing. We can refer to the pulling one as gravity. The other as proximity resistance. Both extend outwards getting weaker and weaker the further apart they are. However, the proximity resistance tails off far quicker than the gravitational pull. The gravitational pull, whilst relatively weak compared to the local resistance extends many trillions of times further out than that local resistance. The proximity resistance effect is only relevant on the atomic scale. The induction force, gravity, is not on a linear scale with distance, but exponentially more significant the closer any true atoms get. Gravity is weak until on the verge of being at the point of greatest interaction. The force rises exponentially when very close to what you would describe as the centre. That force binds true atoms together, entangling them. The point where the gravitational force exceeds the local resistance is somewhat hazy. The boundary is not fixed.
When you press down on your table, the table resists compression. True atoms have a proximity resistance - they resist getting close to one another. That resistance has relevance when true atoms are close on the atomic scale. That resistance to you pushing down on the table gives us the concept of solidity.
As you sit in your chair reading this, with the moon on the other side of the planet, you are attracted to the Earth and the moon. The gravitational pull on you by the moon travels through the earth. This effect is quite minimal, for the moon is quite some distance from you. The effects radiating from the true atom fade fast as the distance increases. On a single plane it will be one divided by the square of the distance. The gravity drawing you to the centre of the earth is not a single force but a combination of untold true atoms pulling on you. For those of you that are unaware of how gravity draws masses together, you have mass, you are an ultra-micro planet of sorts. In space, things would be more noticeably drawn towards you. All mass has a gravitational effect on all other masses.
No true atom exists without the rest. Each individual true atom is defined by the effect it has on the others. Astronomers can spot distant planets not necessarily by seeing them directly but by seeing the effect they have on the orbit of other larger objects. They cause a wobble in the orbit of other bodies. A similar principle applies with true atoms. The centre of the true atom, the position of it is made by the balance point of where it interacts the most with others. The point of greatest interaction. The true atom has no form, but presence dictated by all the other true atoms.
Are all true atoms the same? They will be moving at different relative speeds and are positioned at unique points in relation to one another. However, could there be countless types? Some could simulate a greater mass. By that we mean resist a change in velocity to a greater degree and have a differing gravitational effect. Some may have twenty percent, thirty percent, any number of percent more mass effect compared to others. Here in lies a duality. The level of mass is both on the peak of a mountain and within the bounds of a trench. On the mountain, too much mass and it tips over into the abyss, too little and it returns into the abyss. In the trench it is held in place with some room to shift but an inherent will to maintain an average mass effect.
Whilst each true atom is the same per se, their mass effect depends on their relative velocity. The greater the velocity, the greater the mass effect. Hence, both the resistance to change in velocity and the gravitational effect relates to the relative speed of the individual true atom.
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