It would be valuable for each person to maintain their own glossary in whatever way supports their own understanding. Hence, this is merely “my glossary,” intended to be a model of a glossary rather than a glossary for all of us.
Page numbers refer to Densmore, 3rd edition.
centripetal force: “is that by which bodies are pulled, pushed or in any way tend, towards some point from all sides, as to a center (p. 14)”
centripetal force, quantity of: “is of three kinds: absolute, accelerative, and motive. (p. 15)”
inherent force, aka inertia, L. vis insita: “is the power of resisting by which it perseveres in its state of either resting or of moving uniformly in a straight line” impressed force, L. vis impressa: “is an action exerted upon a body (p. 12)”
mass: “is apprehended by weight (p. 8)”
matter, quantity of: “is conjointly proportional to density and magnitude (p. 5)”