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normal acceleration

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normal acceleration

[′nȯr·məl ak‚sel·ə′rā·shən]
(mechanics)
The component of the linear acceleration of an aircraft or missile along its normal, or Z, axis.
The usual or typical acceleration.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

normal acceleration

i. The component of the linear acceleration of an aircraft or missile along its normal, or Z axis. See normal axis.
ii. The usual or typical acceleration.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Normal Acceleration

 

the component of acceleration for a point in curvilinear motion that is directed along the principal normal to the trajectory toward the center of curvature; normal acceleration is also called centripetal acceleration. It is numerically equal to v2, where v is the velocity of the point and ρ is the radius of curvature of the trajectory. For circular motion the normal acceleration can be calculated from the formula 2, where r is the radius of the circle and ω is the angular velocity of rotation of the radius. For rectilinear motion the normal acceleration is zero.

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