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  2. g-force - Wikipedia

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    In the same way, a negative-g force is an acceleration vector downward (the negative direction on the y axis), and this acceleration downward produces a weight-force in a direction upward (thus pulling a pilot upward out of the seat, and forcing blood toward the head of a normally oriented pilot).

  3. Acceleration - Wikipedia

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    If the speed of the vehicle decreases, this is an acceleration in the opposite direction of the velocity vector (mathematically a negative, if the movement is unidimensional and the velocity is positive), sometimes called deceleration [4] [5] or retardation, and passengers experience the reaction to deceleration as an inertial force pushing ...

  4. Terminal velocity - Wikipedia

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    is the acceleration due to gravity, is the drag coefficient, is the density of the fluid through which the object is falling, and; is the projected area of the object. [8] In reality, an object approaches its terminal speed asymptotically.

  5. Metre per second squared - Wikipedia

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    The metre per second squared is the unit of acceleration in the International System of Units (SI). As a derived unit, it is composed from the SI base units of length, the metre, and time, the second.

  6. Gravitational acceleration - Wikipedia

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    The gravitational acceleration vector depends only on how massive the field source is and on the distance 'r' to the sample mass . It does not depend on the magnitude of the small sample mass. This model represents the "far-field" gravitational acceleration associated with a massive body.

  7. Gravity of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The weight of an object on Earth's surface is the downwards force on that object, given by Newton's second law of motion, or F = m a (force = mass × acceleration). Gravitational acceleration contributes to the total gravity acceleration, but other factors, such as the rotation of Earth, also contribute, and, therefore, affect the weight of the ...

  8. Specific force - Wikipedia

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    Accelerometers on the surface of the Earth measure a constant 9.8 m/s^2 even when they are not accelerating (that is, when they do not undergo coordinate acceleration). This is because accelerometers measure the proper acceleration produced by the g-force exerted by the ground (gravity acting alone never produces g-force or specific force).

  9. Orders of magnitude (acceleration) - Wikipedia

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    Train acceleration for SJ X2 [citation needed] 10 0: 1 m/s 2: inertial 1.62 m/s 2: 0.1654 g: Standing on the Moon at its equator [citation needed] lab 4.3 m/s 2: 0.44 g: Car acceleration 0–100 km/h in 6.4 s with a Saab 9-5 Hirsch [citation needed] inertial 9.80665 m/s 2: 1 g: Standard gravity, the gravity acceleration on Earth at sea level ...