Physics · Glossary

What is Timed position records?

Also known as: timed position record

Definition 65.1 Primary & Middle School Physics · Chapter 65 — Motion: Uniform and Varied

A timed position record of a motion marks the moving object’s positions at equal ticks of time — video frames stepped through, a blinking strobe photograph, or the laboratory’s dot-timer stamping a paper tape pulled by the object, fifty dots a second. Between any two neighboring marks lies one tick’s worth of travel: the record turns motion into measurable segments.

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