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1 II, 13| rest upon. Again, as air is lighter than water, so is water 2 II, 13| think that the naturally lighter substance lies below the 3 III, 1 | something and a light thing lighter than something, a thing 4 III, 1 | thing which is heavier or lighter than something need not 5 III, 2 | it, and the smaller and lighter a body is the further will 6 IV, 1 | downward or to the centre. By lighter or relatively light we mean 7 IV, 2 | weight is said to be the lighter. And this treatment they 8 IV, 2 | advance. One use of the terms "lighter" and "heavier" is that which 9 IV, 2 | greater the quantity, the lighter the mass is and the quicker 10 IV, 2 | slower. Further, since to be lighter is to have fewer of these 11 IV, 2 | makes the larger body the lighter. The reason is that there 12 IV, 2 | a small mass of fire, is lighter than it, unless it also 13 IV, 2 | greater bulk is sometimes lighter than smaller bodies is one 14 IV, 2 | void, there will be a body, lighter than the absolutely light, 15 IV, 2 | absolutely light is always lighter than bodies which have weight 16 IV, 2 | other hand, that which is lighter need not be light, because 17 IV, 2 | speech we distinguish a lighter and a heavier (viz. water 18 IV, 4 | light or heavy. Both are lighter than earth-for any portion 19 IV, 4 | in water the wood is the lighter. The reason is that all 20 IV, 4 | earth and water, may well be lighter than something in water