[[Latin]] acceleratus, past participle of accelerare, from ad- + celer swift
[[Latin]] acceleratus, past participle of accelerare, from ad- + celer swift
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*Date: circa [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1530]
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*Date: circa [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Century 1530]
==Definitions==
==Definitions==
*1 : to bring about at an earlier [[time]] <accelerate their departure>
*1 : to bring about at an earlier [[time]] <accelerate their departure>
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In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics classical mechanics], for a [[body]] with constant [[mass]], the acceleration of the body is [[proportional]] to the resultant ([[total]]) [[force]] acting on it ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion Newton's second law]) where F is the resultant [[force]] acting on the body, m is the mass of the body, and a is its acceleration.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration]
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In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_mechanics classical mechanics], for a [[body]] with constant [[mass]], the acceleration of the body is [[proportional]] to the resultant ([[total]]) [[force]] acting on it ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%27s_laws_of_motion Newton's second law]) where F is the resultant [[force]] acting on the body, m is the mass of the body, and a is its acceleration.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration]