Why is gravity still described as a “force” when Einstein described it as the curvature of spacetime?

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Gravity- it’s known as the “weakest fundamental force”, but we know the “attraction” is really just objects falling along the curvature of space toward a more massive object. I don’t understand how this explanation of gravity relates to the other fundamental forces.

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“Force” is just a handy mathematical bin we put phenomena into when they meet the criteria of, well, a force. It being labeled a force does not and should not provide any insight into the actual mechanism which causes the effects we deem force-like.

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