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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Acceleration. | Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - What is acceleration? | Jun 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Acceleration. | Feb 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UMass Amherst Libraries Open Books - Physics 131: What Is Physics? - Acceleration. | Aug 29, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Purdue University - Angular Velocity and Acceleration (PDF). | Feb 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan - Acceleration. | Sep 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Constructing the concept of acceleration. | Jun 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Michigan-Dearborn - Acceleration. | May 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Hawai'i Pressbooks - College Physics chapters 1-17 - Acceleration. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - Average and Instantaneous Acceleration. | Dec 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: U of A Open Textbooks - Introductory Physics: Classical Mechanics - Velocity. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iowa Pressbooks - Acceleration. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Acceleration. | Aug 29, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Mar 09, 2021 | ||
| Added a diagram explaining acceleration. | Mar 09, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Bitesize - Acceleration. | May 30, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Physics Classroom - Acceleration. | Dec 18, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Acceleration. | Dec 18, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - What is Acceleration? | Aug 05, 2014 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 29, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Naturally Accelerated Motion. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Naturally Accelerated Motion. | May 31, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Galileo's Acceleration Experiment. | May 30, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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