Motion Vocab Flashcards
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Displacement
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the action of moving something from its place or position.
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Motion
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the action or process of moving or being moved.
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Speed
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the rate at which someone or something moves or operates or is able to move or operate.
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Meter
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The SI unit of length
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Velocity
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the speed of something in a given direction.
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Movement
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an act of moving.
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Accelration
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increase in speed or rate.
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Centripetal acceleration
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Consider an object moving in a circle of radius r with constant angular velocity. The tangential speed is constant, but the direction of the tangential velocity vector changes as the object rotates.
