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negative acceleration

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negative acceleration [′neg·əd·iv ik‚sel·ə′rā·shən]
(mechanics)
Acceleration in a direction opposite to the velocity, or in the direction of the negative axis of a coordinate system.


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It can also be seen from this figure that since the untrained individual (Green) displays much greater negative accelerations (anterior decelerations), this individual is wasting energy slowing down with each stride cycle, which would then require a subsequent acceleration to maintain the same speed as the more highly trained runners.
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Students further articulated their misconception that an object with negative acceleration is always slowing down by stating that the velocity of such an object would have to approach 0.
 
 
 
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