The Emergence Machine

Acceleration

property · Physics · Level 3 · E1

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Emergence definition

The rate of change of velocity, quantifying how quickly an object's speed or direction changes over a given time interval, which arises from the interplay of force and velocity, and is a fundamental property of motion.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Acceleration” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
acceleration
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL3L2L1L0AccelerationForceVelocityActionMatterMotionQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesAccelerationL3ForceL2VelocityL2E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Force L2 (requires)
    acceleration requires understanding force as a foundational concept
  • Velocity L2 (requires)
    Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity over time.