centripetal acceleration

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   the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit

   Broaderacceleration

Questions about centripetal acceleration

What does centripetal acceleration mean?

centripetal acceleration means "the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit".

Is centripetal acceleration a common word?

centripetal acceleration is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.