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1. Acceleration

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   Acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time. Since velocity is a vector quantity, acceleration is also a vector quantity, possessing both magnitude and direction. In standard calculus notation, instantaneous acceleration ($\mathbf{a}$) is formally defined as the first derivative of the [velocity vector](/entries/velocity-vec…