Acceleration
In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time. Acceleration is one of several components of kinematics, the study of motion. Accelerations are vector quantities (in that they have magnitude and direction).
Extends: Acceleration, Dynamics (mechanics), [Kinematic properties](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Kinematic properties), [Vector physical quantities](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Vector physical quantities)
Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Acceleration |
| Image | Text | Gravity gravita grave.gif |
| Caption | Text | In vacuum (no air resistance), objects attracted by Earth gain speed at a steady rate. |
| Symbols | Text | a |
| Unit | Text | m/s2, m·s−2, m s−2 |
| Dimension | Text | wikidata |