Kinematics

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acceleration
noun
time rate of change of velocity with respect to magnitude or direction
centripetal acceleration
noun
acceleration of object in circular motion which points toward the center of the circle
displacement
noun
displacing in space of one mass by another
final velocity
noun
velocity at the end of a time interval
initial velocity
noun
velocity of moving body at starting point
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instantaneous acceleration
noun
change in velocity at one moment
instantaneous velocity
noun
velocity of object at given instant
kinematics
noun
mechanics branch dealing with pure motion
scalar
noun
quantity possessing only magnitude
time
noun
system of sequential relation that any event has to any other
vector
noun
quantity possessing both magnitude and direction
velocity
noun
time rate of change of a body's position in a specified direction

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