Acceleration refers to the speed at which an object's velocity changes over time in the field of physics. It is determined by the combined effect of all the forces acting upon the object, as explained by Newton's Second Law. The standard unit of measurement for acceleration is meters per second squared (m/s2). Acceleration is a vector quantity, meaning it possesses both magnitude and direction, and follows the principles of the parallelogram law when combined with other accelerations. When viewed as a vector, the net force can be calculated by multiplying the mass of the object (a scalar quantity) by its acceleration. Acceleration is measured in units of velocity (L/T) divided by time, or L.T−2. The SI unit for acceleration (m/s2), also known as "meter per second per second," signifies that the velocity changes by the value of acceleration every second.
