What are the units for Acceleration?

Answer 1

Metres per second squared (m/s^2). Acceleration is the amount by which speed increases.

Since velocity is measured in metres per second, and acceleration is change in velocity over time (dv/dt), acceleration is measured in metres per second per second, or metres/second squared, m/s², or meter per squared second.

So if in t=0 a body moves at 5 meters per second, and in t=1 it is moving at 10 meters per second, it is accelerating, and the acceleration rate is 5 meters per second per second.

Thus, 5(m/s)/s = 5 m/s²

Answer 2

Despite extensive education in the physical sciences I know of no unit for acceleration. I think it is just too basic a vector to be given one. It composite units are meters per second squared.

Answer 3

Acceleration is a change in velocity per unit of time. Velocity is distance (d) per unit of time (t). That makes acceleration distance per unit of time squared, or something like this:

We have distance/time2, or d/t2

Distance is commonly measured in meters, and time in seconds. This makes acceleration appear in meters per second per second, or meters per second squared, or m/sec2.

Answer 4

Acceleration is the change in velocity over time. Some examples of units for acceleration due to gravity in metric units are 9.8 m/s/s or 9.8 m/s2, or 35.3 km/h/s; or in English units 32.2 ft/s/s or 32.2 ft/s2, or 21.9 mi/h/s.

Answer 5

The units for acceleration are meters per second squared (m/s^2).

Answer 6

A unit of acceleration can be

(speed unit) divided by (time unit)

or

(length or distance unit) divided by (time unit)2

Answer 7

The equation for acceleration is a=f/m (acceleration equals force divided by mass). Therefore, acceleration is measured in m/s (meters per second) or m/s2 (meters per second squared).

Answer 8

In the metric system, the proper SI unit for acceleration is meters per second squared. In physics, acceleration is given as the rate of velocity's change over time.

Answer 9

In S.I. units, meters per second squared, or "m/(s^2)"

Answer 10

Meters/second2.