Acceleration conversion

The acceleration is a change of speed. To speed up a body, a force is always required.

The acceleration can be thereby positive (increasing speed) or negative (decreasing speed).
Decrease in speed is colloquially called delay.

At acceleration sensors the force is measured, which acts on a mass when it is accelerated.

Metrical units

UK and US units

1 m/s² (meter/second²)

3,28084 ft/s² (foot per square second)

1 m/s² (meter/second²)

39,37007874 in/s² (inch per square second)

1 m/s² (meter/second²)

1,093613298 yd/s² (yard per square second)

1 m/s² (meter/second²)

0,0006213712 mile/s² (mile per square second)

UK and US units

Metrical units

1 ft/s² (foot per square second)

0,3048 m/s² (meter/second²)

1 in/s² (inch per square second)

0,0254 m/s² (meter/second²)

1 yd/s² (yard per square second)

0,9144 m/s² (meter/second²)

1 mile/s² (mile per square second)

1609 m/s² (meter/second²)