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Type:Acceleration

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Acceleration is the scalar that tells how fast an object gains speed.

In CreationWiki, the base unit of acceleration is the meter per second squared. It describes a body gaining a speed of 1 m/s every second.

All other units are defined in relationship to it, as:

International System of Units

  • 10 dm/s²,dm/s2
  • 100 cm/s²,cm/s2
  • 1000 mm/s²,mm/s2
  • 0.1 dam/s²,dam/s2,dkm/s²,m/s2
  • 0.01 hm/s²,hm/s2
  • 0.001 km/s²,km/s2
  • 3.6 km/h-s,km/hr-s

US Customary system

  • 39.37007874 in/s²,in/s2
  • 3.280839895 ft/s²,ft/s2
  • 1.093613298 yd/s²,yd/s2
  • 6.21371192234848e-4 mi/s²,mi/s2
  • 2.23693629204545 mi/h-s,mi/hr-s,mph/s
  • 1.94260256940789 kt/s,knot/s,knots/s

Astronomy The astronomical standard of acceleration is g, the acceleration due to gravity (gravitational attraction) of the earth:

  • 1.01971621297793e-001 g

Properties of type "Acceleration"

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