This is because the acceleration vector is perpendicular to the velocity vector.
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The derivative of your velocity, your acceleration vector, always points radially inward.
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Thus we compute the acceleration vector as:
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Which expresses the gravitational acceleration vector as the gradient of W, the potential of gravity.
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Because the acceleration vector turns along with the velocity vector, they remain perpendicular to each other.
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The relative orientation of the acceleration vector to the crystal dramatically influences the crystal's vibration sensitivity.
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To study single particle motion in toroidally confined plasma devices, velocity and acceleration vectors must be known.
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(Single-phase ) thermosiphons can only transfer heat " upward ", or away from the acceleration vector.
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Some accelerometers use microelectromechanical systems ( MEMS ) capacitors etched on a chip to measure the magnitude and direction of the acceleration vector.
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Equivalently, the radial acceleration vector ( \ mathbf { a } ) may be calculated from the object's angular velocity \ omega: