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acceleration

In physics, acceleration (symbol: a) is defined as the rate of change (or derivative with respect to time) of velocity. It is thus a vector quantity with dimension length/time².

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  • acceleration, Accelerate, Deceleration, Accelerative, Accelerating, Accelerations, Accelleration
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