acceleration

rate at which the magnitude and/or direction of velocity changes with time
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acceleration

Summary

acceleration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,192 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • acceleration is credited with the discovery of Pierre Varignon[2].
  • acceleration followed velocity[3].
  • acceleration was followed by jerk[4].
  • acceleration is a type of physical quantity[5].
  • acceleration is a type of ISQ derived quantity[6].
  • acceleration is a type of vector quantity[7].
  • acceleration is a type of process profile[8].
  • acceleration's Commons category is recorded as Acceleration[9].
  • acceleration's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Acceleration[10].
  • acceleration's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[11].
  • acceleration's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • acceleration's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2019 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[13].
  • acceleration's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • acceleration's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15].
  • acceleration's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/acceleration[16].
  • acceleration's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00000712[17].
  • acceleration's different from is recorded as acceleration[18].
  • acceleration's disjoint union of is recorded as list of values as qualifiers[19].
  • acceleration's permanent duplicated item is recorded as acceleration[20].
  • acceleration's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[21].
  • acceleration's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • acceleration's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[23].
  • acceleration's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as metres per second squared[24].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical quantity[5], ISQ derived quantity[6], vector quantity[7], and process profile[8].

Influence

Things named for acceleration include Acela[25], a train service[26], in United States[27], founded in 2000[28] and Gas Gas[29], a motorcycle manufacturer[30], in Spain[31], founded in 1985[32], headquartered in Salt[33].

Why It Matters

acceleration ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,192 views/month).[1] acceleration has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] acceleration is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for acceleration include Acela[25], a train service[26], in United States[27], founded in 2000[28] and Gas Gas[29], a motorcycle manufacturer[30], in Spain[31], founded in 1985[32], headquartered in Salt[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000712
    Subclass of → physical quantity, ISQ derived quantity, vector quantity +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53024|batch #53024]]"
  2. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Defining formula → \boldsymbol{a} = \frac{\mathrm{d} \boldsymbol{v}}{\mathrm{d}
    Equivalent class → https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00000712
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00000712"
  3. 8w ago · ~2026-42900-46 · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Defining formula → \boldsymbol{a} = \frac{\mathrm{d} \boldsymbol{v}}{\mathrm{d}
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2534]]: \boldsymbol{a} = \frac{\mathrm{d} \boldsymbol{v}}{\mathrm{F} t}"
  4. 11w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1UHS7N, 3XFj13
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Disjoint union of → list of values as qualifiers
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4702152
    Followed by → jerk
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23608, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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