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IN reference to this subject may I remark that the proposed term “cel” is etymologically incorrect for the meaning intended to be conveyed? It might stand as a contraction for “celerity,” i.e. velocity, but not for the rate of increase of velocity. The essential distinction between velocity and acceleration is wholly expressed in the prefix “ac.” If we must cut all our words down to one syllable, the “ac” would really have in it more correct meaning than the “cel.”
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SMITH, R. Dynamical Units. Nature 36, 53 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036053c0
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