Physics GCSE
Direction convention
What Direction convention means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Direction convention
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Reference: AQA
The chosen positive direction, which must always be stated because a negative value of u means motion in the direction chosen as negative.
Topics that use Direction convention
- 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
- Compound geometric shapes in physics
- displacement
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