Physics of motion
Core terms connecting force, movement, energy and momentum.
The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether volunta…
anchor · A change in position over time.VelocityQuickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; t…
core · Speed in a specified direction.AccelerationThe act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acce…
core · Rate of change of velocity.ForceTo stuff; to lard; to farce.
core · An interaction that changes motion.MassThe sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.
core · A measure of inertia.MomentumThe quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
core · Mass multiplied by velocity.kinetic energyEnergy an object has because it is moving.
core · Energy due to motion.InertiaThat property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion, and in the same straight line or…
core · Resistance to a change in motion.