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  2. Acceleration - Wikipedia

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    The acceleration of a falling body in the absence of resistances to motion is dependent only on the gravitational field strength g (also called acceleration due to gravity). By Newton's Second Law the force F g {\displaystyle \mathbf {F_{g}} } acting on a body is given by: F g = m g . {\displaystyle \mathbf {F_{g}} =m\mathbf {g} .}

  3. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    The acceleration on an object caused by the force of gravitation. accelerometer An instrument used to measure the proper acceleration of a body irrespective of other forces. acoustics The branch of physics dealing with the production, transmission, and effects of sound. adhesion adhesion is what makes things stick together.

  4. List of common physics notations - Wikipedia

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    acceleration: meter per second squared (m/s 2) magnetic flux density also called the magnetic field density or magnetic induction tesla (T), or equivalently, weber per square meter (Wb/m 2) capacitance: farad (F) heat capacity: joule per kelvin (J⋅K −1) constant of integration: varied depending on context

  5. Jerk (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Discontinuities in acceleration do not occur in real-world environments because of deformation, quantum mechanics effects, and other causes. However, a jump-discontinuity in acceleration and, accordingly, unbounded jerk are feasible in an idealized setting, such as an idealized point mass moving along a piecewise smooth, whole continuous path ...

  6. Physical chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, analytical dynamics and chemical equilibria.

  7. Motion - Wikipedia

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    In physics, motion is when an object changes its position with respect to a reference point in a given time. Motion is mathematically described in terms of displacement , distance , velocity , acceleration , speed , and frame of reference to an observer, measuring the change in position of the body relative to that frame with a change in time.

  8. Classical mechanics - Wikipedia

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    Since the definition of acceleration is a = dv/dt, the second law can be written in the simplified and more familiar form: F = m a . {\displaystyle \mathbf {F} =m\mathbf {a} \,.} So long as the force acting on a particle is known, Newton's second law is sufficient to describe the motion of a particle.

  9. Dyne - Wikipedia

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    An equivalent definition of the dyne is "that force which, acting for one second, will produce a change of velocity of one centimetre per second in a mass of one gram". [3] One dyne is equal to 10 micronewtons, 10 −5 N or to 10 nsn (nanosthenes) in the old metre–tonne–second system of units. 1 dyn = 1 g⋅cm/s 2 = 10 −5 kg⋅m/s 2 = 10 ...