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Ch. 2 Vocab words
Physics vocab set 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | The size or amount of the quantity being measured (# Unit) |
| Scalar | Quantities possessing magnitude only, such as length and mass (Number, Unit) |
| Vector | A quantity having both magnitude and direction, such as force and velocity (Number Unit Direction) |
| Motion | A change of an object's position in time |
| Distance | The straight line movement from the starting point |
| displacement | A change in position in a particular direction |
| Speed | Distance per unit time |
| Velocity | Displacement per unit time |
| Instantaneous Velocity | The velocity at any one specific instant of time at any one specific point in the path |
| Acceleration | The rate of change of velocity |