Acceleration

In physics, acceleration (symbol: a) is defined as the rate of change (or time derivative) of velocity. It is thus a vector quantity with dimension length/time². In SI units, this is meter/second².

References

• {{Book reference | Author=Serway, Raymond A.; Jewett, John W. | Title=Physics for Scientists and Engineers (6th ed.) | Publisher=Brooks/Cole | Year=2004 | ID=ISBN 0534408427}}
• {{Book reference | Author=Tipler, Paul | Title=Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves, Thermodynamics (5th ed.) | Publisher=W. H. Freeman | Year=2004 | ID=ISBN 0716708094}}