phys_KINEMATICS
for physics final 2008
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distance |
total length an object has traveled |
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Displacement |
"as the crow flies" - distance from object to end point |
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scalar |
quantity w/o direction |
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vector |
quantity w/ direction |
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speed |
rate of change of distance |
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rate |
how a quality changes with time |
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velocity |
rate of change of displacement |
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acceleration |
rate of change of velocity |
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kinematics |
study of motion with constant acceleration |
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free fall |
motion due ONLY to the pull of gravity |
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projectile motion |
2D motion due ONLY to the pull of gravity |
