Physics GCSE
Deceleration and sign
What Deceleration and sign means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Deceleration and sign
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Reference: OCR
A negative value simply means slowing down, so braking is treated as negative acceleration.
Topics that use Deceleration and sign
- Physics on the move (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- braking distance
- Everyday transport speeds
- Experimental method
- force
- Order-of-magnitude estimation
- Rate equations and unit consistency
- Rate of change of velocity
- reaction time
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