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Area under a displacement graph
If the area under an acceleration-time graph denotes velocity and the area under a velocity-time graph denotes displacement, what exactly does the area under a displacement-time graph denote?
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What is displacement? Position relative to a reference point or change of position
What is the "official" or most useful definition of displacement in the context of kinematics?
There are two common ones:
Displacement is the length and direction of a line from a fixed reference ...
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What is the displacement of an accelerated and relativistic object?
Displacement in an accelerated classical object is:
$$s=ut+\frac {at^2}{2}$$
What is the displacement of an accelerated relativistic object?
In Newtonian mechanics there are two types of ...
