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Definition of Acceleration unit
1. Noun. A unit for measuring acceleration.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acceleration Unit
Literary usage of Acceleration unit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"Acceleration, Unit of - — That acceleration which will give to a body unit-
velocity in unit-time; as, for example, one centimetre-per-second in one second. ..."
2. Elementary Manual on Applied Mechanics Specially Arranged for the Use of by Andrew Jamieson (1902)
"Motion and Velocity—Uniform, Variable, Linear, and Angular Velocity—Unit of
Velocity-—Acceleration—Unit of Acceleration— Acceleration due to Gravity—Graphic ..."
3. Applied Mechanics (an Elementary Manual On): Specially Arranged for the Use by Andrew Jamieson (1898)
"... of Velocity—Acceleration—Unit of Acceleration— Acceleration due to Gravity—Graphic
Representation of Velocities— Composition and Resolution of ..."
4. The Science of Mechanics: A Critical and Historical Account of Its Development by Ernst Mach (1919)
"According to this, we assume then, that by unit velocity unit length is described
in unit time, that by unit acceleration unit velocity is gained in unit ..."
5. The Principles of Aërography by Alexander McAdie (1917)
"... is called the dyne, or the force which will Th . impart to the unit mass (a
gram) an acceleration unit of work is the erg, and the conversion factor is ..."
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