Difference between revisions of "Acceleration"
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| − | The time rate of change of an object's [[velocity]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref>. For an object to undergo an acceleration, a [[force]] needs to be exerted on the object. An example is a falling object on [[Earth]], which is subject to a [[gravity|gravitational force]]. The resulting acceleration is independent of the mass of the object, and is approximately 9.8 [[meter]] per [[second]] squared near the Earth's | + | The time rate of change of an object's [[velocity]].<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Physical Science''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1999, 2000</ref>. For an object to undergo an acceleration, a [[force]] needs to be exerted on the object. An example is a falling object on [[Earth]], which is subject to a [[gravity|gravitational force]]. The resulting acceleration is independent of the mass of the object, and is approximately 9.8 [[meter]] per [[second]] squared near the Earth's surface, the gravitational acceleration ''g''<ref>Marcelo Alonso and Edward J. Finn, ''Fundamental University Physics'', Addison-Wesley.</ref>. |
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Revision as of 17:29, March 17, 2007
The time rate of change of an object's velocity.[1]. For an object to undergo an acceleration, a force needs to be exerted on the object. An example is a falling object on Earth, which is subject to a gravitational force. The resulting acceleration is independent of the mass of the object, and is approximately 9.8 meter per second squared near the Earth's surface, the gravitational acceleration g[2].
