Alternate Definitions for tangential acceleration

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Term: tangential acceleration
Definition:

The component of the acceleration directed along the velocity vector (streamline), with magnitude equal to the rate of change of speed of the parcel dV/dt, where V is the speed.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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