acceleration

From: A Dictionary of Physics | Date: 2000| Author: ALAN ISAACS | Copyright information

acceleration Symbol a. The rate of increase of speed or velocity. It is measured in m s−2. For a body moving linearly with constant acceleration a from a speed u to a speed v,a = (v − u)/t=(v2−u

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