Describing Motion
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musicalkeira on September 29, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Distance | the state or fact of being apart in space, as of one thing from another; remoteness. |
| displacement | the state of being displaced or the amount or degree to which something is displaced. |
| speed | rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound. |
| average speed | he average distance traveled per hour; the distance traveled divided by the time taken |
| instantaneous speed | Instantaneous speed is the speed at a particular moment in time |
| velocity | he rate of speed with which something happens; rapidity of action or reaction. |
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