Uniform acceleration
What Uniform acceleration means in Physics GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
Definitions of Uniform acceleration
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Reference: OCR
Motion in which speed changes at a steady rate, so distance = average speed × time, where average speed = (initial speed + final speed) ÷ 2.
Acceleration that is constant, so the velocity changes by the same amount each second.
The acceleration shown by a straight sloping line on a velocity–time graph.
Topics that use Uniform acceleration
- Acceleration (AQA GCSE)
- Motion (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Acceleration
- Change in velocity
- displacement
- distance travelled
- gradient
- Velocity
- velocity-time graph
- Acceleration and units
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