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longitudinal acceleration

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longitudinal acceleration [‚län·jə′tüd·ən·əl ak‚sel·ə′rā·shən]
(mechanics)
The component of the linear acceleration of an aircraft, missile, or particle parallel to its longitudinal, or X, axis.


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