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The three basic types of acceleration is absolute (acceleration in a direction), angular (acceleration due to rotation) , and Coriolis (acceleration due to a point changing its distance from the center of rotation while spinning Eg. swirling toilet water.)

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The two kinds of acceleration are linear acceleration, which involves changes in an object's speed along a straight line, and angular acceleration, which involves changes in an object's rotational speed around an axis.

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Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. Take ANY change of velocity, and divide it by the time it takes to have such a change (it should best be a small time), and you get acceleration.

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There is linear acceleration which is related to motion in some given direction.

a sub linear in x direction = d(v sub x) /dt

There is also angular acceleration which is related to motion following a curve, such as a circle.

a sub radial = dw/dt

where w is angular velocity in radians per second.

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linear and angular

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