Re: [Phys-l] current vector

[Vern Lindberg <vwlsps@rit.edu>]

On Feb 27, 2006, at 5:50 PM, John Denker wrote:
...
>   The analogy works like this:
>
>    Scalar acceleration == component of vector acceleration in the
>                           forward direction.
I would describe this as the tangential component of the vector 
acceleration, relating to the change in speed, as opposed to the radial 
component (centripetal) that arises from the change in the direction of 
velocity.

Vern Lindberg