proper accelerations

A form of proper acceleration — The acceleration felt by an object, as opposed to the coordinate acceleration. For example the acceleration of an object at the surface of the Earth is 9.81 m/s² upwards, but has no coordinate acceleration. The proper acceleration of an object is Lorentz invariant.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of proper acceleration
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