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Acceleration of Gravity

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acceleration of gravity [ak‚sel·ə′rā·shən əv ′grav·ə·dē]
(mechanics)
The acceleration imparted to bodies by the attractive force of the earth; has an international standard value of 980.665 cm/s2but varies with latitude and elevation. Also known as acceleration of free fall; apparent gravity.

acceleration of gravity (g)
The acceleration produced by the force of gravity at the surface of the earth. (By international agreement the value of g is 386.089 inches per second square = 32.1740 feet per second square = 9.80665 meters per second square.)

Acceleration of Gravity 

(or acceleration of free fall), the acceleration imparted to a free material particle by the force of gravity. Such acceleration would be undergone by the center of gravity of any body if the body were to fall to earth in a vacuum from a small altitude. Like the force of gravity, the acceleration of gravity depends on the latitude φ and the elevation H above sea level. The acceleration of gravity g is approximately 978.049(1 + 0.005288 sin2 φ – 0.000006 sin2 2φ) – 0.0003086H. At the latitude of Moscow at sea level g = 981.56 cm/sec2.



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