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No, foot-pounds is not a unit of acceleration. Foot-pounds is a unit of energy or work, which is a product of force and distance. Acceleration is measured in units such as meters per second squared (m/s^2) or feet per second squared (ft/s^2).

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What unit is used to express acceleration?

"Acceleration" means "rate of change in velocity, and the direction of the change". So acceleration is (change in velocity) divided by (time for the change), plus the direction. (Any unit of speed) divided by (any unit of time) is a unit of acceleration. Some possibilities include: -- feet per second2 -- meters per second2 -- miles per hour per second -- furlongs per week per fortnight -- smoots per month per day . . etc. To complete the acceleration vector, it also needs to include a direction.


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Acceleration due to gravity is expressed in the same units as any other acceleration ... Meters per second per second = m/s2 Also feet per second per second = ft/sec2 Any unit with dimensions of (length)/(time)2 is a valid unit of acceleration, such as (furlongs)/(fortnight)2


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What is si unit of uniform acceleration?

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In the SI, the unit of force is defined by Newton's Second Law (force = mass x acceleration). The unit, called Newton, is the product of a mass (in kilograms) and an acceleration (in meters per square second). That is, a newton is the force required to provide a mass of one kilogram with an acceleration of one meter per second square.