Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proper acceleration

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: prop-er ac-cel-er-a-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The acceleration felt by an object, as opposed to the coordinate acceleration. For example the acceleration of an object at the surface of the Earth is 9.81 m/s² upwards, but has no coordinate acceleration. The proper acceleration of an object is Lorentz invariant.

Inflected Forms

proper accelerations (plural)

Questions

What does proper acceleration mean?: The acceleration felt by an object, as opposed to the coordinate acceleration. For example the acceleration of an object at the surface of the Earth is 9.81 m/s² upwards, but has no coordinate acceleration. The proper acceleration of an object is Lorentz invariant.

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