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PHYSICS
asp 3-A KINEMATICS
WORDS TO KNOW | DEFINITIONS |
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Acceleration | An increase or decrease of velocity |
Displacement | The movement of an object from one place to another, signaling that velocity or work has occurred |
Magnitude | The scalar number that is associated with a vector |
Scalar quantity | A number with out direction |
Speed | The rate at which something moves regardless of its direction |
Vector quantity | A quantity that has not only magnitude, but also direction, such as velocity |
Velocity | The rate of change in a position of an object; the change in distance over the change of time (V = d/t) |