Tag
Acceleration
Entries tagged acceleration.
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Concept
Acceleration
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity, and because velocity has both a size and a direction, an object accelerates whenever it speeds up, slows down, or merely changes direction, even at constant speed.
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ConceptThe relation between force, mass, and acceleration
Net force, mass, and acceleration are locked together by one relation, net force equals mass times acceleration, and it can be reconstructed, not just memorized, from how force and mass were separately defined.
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