Physics GCSE
Compound geometric shapes in physics
What Compound geometric shapes in physics means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Compound geometric shapes in physics
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The space under a graph is split into simple geometric shapes, rectangles where velocity is constant and triangles where velocity changes uniformly.
Topics that use Compound geometric shapes in physics
- Acceleration (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Acceleration
- Acceleration and units
- area under a graph
- Area under a graph as a physical quantity
- Average acceleration
- Change in velocity
- Direction convention
- displacement
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