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Acceleration
    

In the non-relativistic limit, acceleration is defined as the derivative Eric Weisstein's World of Math of velocity, and is therefore given by the expression

(1)

Acceleration, Eric Weisstein's World of Math Angular Acceleration, Centripetal Acceleration, Coriolis Acceleration, Cylindrical Coordinates, Eric Weisstein's World of Math Polar Coordinates, Eric Weisstein's World of Math Retarded Acceleration




References

Misner, C. W.; Thorne, K. S.; and Wheeler, J. A. Ch. 6 in Gravitation. San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman, 1973.







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