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A graph illustrating uniformly accelerated motion, showing a right triangle with a slanted hypotenuse representing increasing velocity over time. The base is labeled t for time, the height is labeled v equals at for velocity, and the shaded area inside the triangle is labeled s equals at squared divided by 2 for distance traveled.
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Also known as: movement
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motion, in physics, change with time of the position or orientation of a body. Motion along a line or a curve is called translation. Motion that changes the orientation of a body is called rotation. In both cases all points in the body have the same velocity (directed speed) and the same acceleration (time rate of change of velocity). The most general kind of motion combines both translation and rotation. All motions are relative to...

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