Combined Science GCSE
Time as a measured interval
What Time as a measured interval means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Time as a measured interval
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Reference: AQA
The duration over which the velocity changes, being the interval between the initial and final velocity readings rather than the total journey time unless the whole journey is the acceleration phase.
Topics that use Time as a measured interval
- Acceleration (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Acceleration
- Acceleration of free fall
- Area under a velocity–time graph
- Average acceleration
- Change in velocity
- Deceleration
- Decomposition of complex shapes
- Distance and displacement
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