ACCELERATED Motion, in Mechanicks, is a Motion which receives continual Increments or Accessions of Velocity. See MOTION.
If the Accessions of Velocity be equal in equal Times;the Motion is said to be uniformly accelerated. See ACCELERATION.
The Motion of falling Bodies is an accelerated Motion:And supposing the Medium they fall through, i.e. the Air, void of Resistance; the same Motion may be also considered as uniformly accelerated. See DESCENT, etc.
If the Accessions of Velocity be equal in equal Times;the Motion is said to be uniformly accelerated. See ACCELERATION.
The Motion of falling Bodies is an accelerated Motion:And supposing the Medium they fall through, i.e. the Air, void of Resistance; the same Motion may be also considered as uniformly accelerated. See DESCENT, etc.
ACCELERATION, in Mechanicks, the Increase of Velocity in a moving Body. See VELOCITY, and ACCELERATED MOTION.
Deceleration stands directly opposed to Retardation, which denotes a Diminution of Velocity. See RETARDATION.
Acceleration is chiefly used in Physics, in respect of falling Bodies, i.e. of heavy Bodies tending towards the Centre of the Earth by the Force of Gravity. See GRAVITY, and CENTRE.
Deceleration stands directly opposed to Retardation, which denotes a Diminution of Velocity. See RETARDATION.
Acceleration is chiefly used in Physics, in respect of falling Bodies, i.e. of heavy Bodies tending towards the Centre of the Earth by the Force of Gravity. See GRAVITY, and CENTRE.