In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time. Acceleration is one of several components of kinematics...
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Accelerationism is a range of revolutionary and reactionary ideas in left-wing and right-wing ideologies that call for the drastic intensification of...
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In physics, gravitational acceleration is the acceleration of an object in free fall within a vacuum (and thus without experiencing drag). This is the...
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Acceleration due to gravity, acceleration of gravity or gravity acceleration may refer to: Gravitational acceleration, the acceleration caused by the...
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In physics, angular acceleration (symbol α, alpha) is the time rate of change of angular velocity. Following the two types of angular velocity, spin angular...
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Accelerometer (redirect from Acceleration sensor)
accelerometer is a device that measures the proper acceleration of an object. Proper acceleration is the acceleration (the rate of change of velocity) of the object...
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Tidal acceleration is an effect of the tidal forces between an orbiting natural satellite (e.g. the Moon) and the primary planet that it orbits (e.g. Earth)...
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Look up acceleration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Acceleration, in physics, is the rate at which the velocity of a body changes over time. Acceleration...
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The Great Acceleration is the dramatic, continuous and roughly simultaneous surge across a large range of measures of human activity, first recorded in...
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Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware designed to perform specific functions more efficiently when compared to software running on a general-purpose...
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Effective accelerationism, often abbreviated as "e/acc", is a 21st-century philosophical movement that advocates for an explicitly pro-technology stance...
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Gravity of Earth (redirect from Acceleration rate of gravity)
The gravity of Earth, denoted by g, is the net acceleration that is imparted to objects due to the combined effect of gravitation (from mass distribution...
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G-force (redirect from Acceleration tolerance)
confused with "g", the symbol for grams). It is used for sustained accelerations, that cause a perception of weight. For example, an object at rest on...
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Coriolis force (redirect from Coriolis acceleration)
transformed to a rotating frame of reference, the Coriolis and centrifugal accelerations appear. When applied to objects with masses, the respective forces are...
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Equations of motion (redirect from Formulas for constant acceleration)
the definitions of acceleration (acceleration was a rate of change of motion (velocity) in time) and the observation that acceleration would be negative...
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Acceleration is defined in law as a shortening of the time period in which something is to take place. The concept of acceleration most often arises within...
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Spectral acceleration (SA) is a unit measured in g (the acceleration due to Earth's gravity, equivalent to g-force) that describes the maximum acceleration in...
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of relativity, four-acceleration is a four-vector (vector in four-dimensional spacetime) that is analogous to classical acceleration (a three-dimensional...
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proper acceleration is the physical acceleration (i.e., measurable acceleration as by an accelerometer) experienced by an object. It is thus acceleration relative...
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Peak ground acceleration (PGA) is equal to the maximum ground acceleration that occurred during earthquake shaking at a location. PGA is equal to the amplitude...
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Plasma acceleration is a technique for accelerating charged particles, such as electrons or ions, using the electric field associated with electron plasma...
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Graphics processing unit (redirect from 3D acceleration)
of imitators: by 1995, all major PC graphics chip makers had added 2D acceleration support to their chips. Fixed-function Windows accelerators surpassed...
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Standard gravity (redirect from Standard acceleration of gravity)
The standard acceleration of gravity or standard acceleration of free fall, often called simply standard gravity and denoted by ɡ0 or ɡn, is the nominal...
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Euler force (redirect from Euler acceleration)
acceleration (named for Leonhard Euler), also known as azimuthal acceleration or transverse acceleration, is that part of the absolute acceleration that...
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Sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) is the unintended, unexpected, uncontrolled acceleration of a vehicle, often accompanied by an apparent loss of braking...
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Academic acceleration is moving students through an educational program at a rate faster or at an age younger than is typical. Students who would benefit...
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EXA (redirect from Eyecandy Acceleration Architecture)
is a graphics acceleration architecture of the X.Org Server (see also X Window System) designed to replace XAA (the XFree86 Acceleration Architecture)...
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In acoustics, particle acceleration is the acceleration (rate of change in speed and direction) of particles[clarification needed] in a sound transmission...
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Accelerations in special relativity (SR) follow, as in Newtonian Mechanics, by differentiation of velocity with respect to time. Because of the Lorentz...
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Acceleration of Suguri X Edition is a 2011 Japanese fighting video game developed by Japanese indie game developer Orange Juice. It was made for the PlayStation...
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