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Acceleration

Unit Name Symbol SI Equivalent

celo
ft/s2 0.3048 m/s2

centimeter per square second
cm/s2 1x10-2 m/s2

foot per square second
ft/s2 0.3048 m/s2

g (gravitational acceleration)
g 9.80665 m/s2

galileo
  1x10-2 m/s2

inch per square second
in/s2 2.54x10-2 m/s2

kilometer per hour per second
km/h-s 0.277778 m/s2

leo
  10 m/s2

meter per square second
m/s2 1 m/s2

mile (stat.) per hour per second
mph/s, mi/h-s 0.44704 m/s2

normal acceleration
gn 9.80665 m/s2

Angular Acceleration

Unit Name Symbol SI Equivalent

degree per square second
°/s2 1.74533x10-2 rad/s2

radian per square second
rad/s2 1 rad/s2

revolution per minute per second
rpm/s, rev/min-s 0.10472 rad/s2

revolution per square minute
rpm/min, rev/min2 1.74533x10-3 rad/s2

revolution per square second
rps/s, rev/s2 6.28319 rad/s2