How is called the magnitude of acceleration?

Question

According to wikipedia page of velocity:

The scalar absolute value (magnitude) of velocity is called speed

and according to wikipedia page of acceleration:

Accelerations are vector quantities (in that they have magnitude and direction)

thus I am wondering,
How is called the magnitude of acceleration?

Not a native speaker, but I'm pretty sure that it's just "acceleration". — Sito, Jun 10 '20 at 14:42
Does this answer your question? Velocity is to speed as acceleration is to ________? — , Jun 10 '20 at 14:42

anna v · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-10T15:12:58.453

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There is no separate word to distinguish the vector of acceleration from its magnitude.

The same is true with the word force, which is also both a vector and often described by the same word when talking of its magnitude.

Velocity and speed seem to be the exception, probably because speed is an everyday term, " speed of going from town A to town B" implies curving roads and changing vectors.

edited Jun 10 '20 at 15:12

answered Jun 10 '20 at 14:51

anna v

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How is called the magnitude of acceleration?

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