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Title: What is the word for an increase in speed (not velocity)? Post by: Firedancer20 on Feb 5, 2013 I want the term for an increase/change in speed (no direction).
accelerate is the term for an increase in velocity not speed. to find acceleration you divide the final velocity-the initial velocity by the time. Since velocity has direction so does acceleration. also + and - only work when talking about 1 dimension with 2 it gets more complicated. Title: What is the word for an increase in speed (not velocity)? Post by: fioravme09 on Feb 5, 2013 the best thing i could think of would be acceleration.
Title: What is the word for an increase in speed (not velocity)? Post by: Nursing2010 on Feb 5, 2013 Going faster? Faster would be a term for an increase in speed.
Title: What is the word for an increase in speed (not velocity)? Post by: riverviewguit on Feb 5, 2013 Its acceleration, nothing else.
Acceleration doesn't show direction, for that we have negative acceleration/retardation. Title: What is the word for an increase in speed (not velocity)? Post by: nursing11 on Feb 5, 2013 to go FASTER would mean to increase the rate at which something is moving thus equaling increased speed
Title: What is the word for an increase in speed (not velocity)? Post by: rivs9 on Feb 5, 2013 Well, using calculus as a guide the answer does point to acceleration as well
Hopefully, you can follow along with this explanation: The derivative of velocity gives acceleration, dv/dt = acceleration, and looking at the units for acceleration it's d/t² (distance over time squared) (For example m/s²) Velocity does have the same units as speed, (For example m/s) so, with that being said, if you take the derivative of speed you should expect to find acceleration This makes sense because velocity really is just a more definitive form of speed, it represents the same number only difference is speed can't be negative. Title: What is the word for an increase in speed (not velocity)? Post by: fire117 on Feb 5, 2013 Acceleration is ambiguous. Its actually very complicated. Acceleration is the most complicated phoenomenon there is. Honestly is is the only word to describe what you are looking for but in realistic terms, slowing down is a vector. Think of it this way. Your car must exert a force to slow you down. The force is applied which is a vector, and that force causes a deceleration. Honestly there is no word because it would be redundant however you look at it.
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