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1. Tangential Acceleration

   Linked via "normal (or centripetal) acceleration"

   Tangential acceleration is the component of the total acceleration vector of a particle-moving along a curved path that is parallel to the instantaneous velocity vector. It quantifies the rate at which the magnitude of the particle’s velocity—its speed-is changing along the trajectory- distinct from the normal (or centripetal) acceleration-acceleration/)-, which accounts for the rate of change of the *direc…