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Quickness vs Acceleration - What's the difference?

quickness | acceleration |

As nouns the difference between quickness and acceleration

is that quickness is rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity while acceleration is acceleration.

quickness

English

Noun

  • rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity
    • The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.

    acceleration

    English

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
    • a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity
  • (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
    • The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.
  • * (rfdate)
    • A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration
  • (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
  • The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.

    • Usage notes

    Acceleration in SI units is measured in metres per second per second (m/s2), or in imperial units in feet per second per second (ft/s2).

    Antonyms

    * deceleration, retardation

    See also

    * displacement * velocity * jerk

    References

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