In physics, motion is a change in position of an object with respect to time. Change in action is the result of an unbalanced force.

Motion is typically described in terms of velocity, acceleration, displacement and time .[1] An object's velocity cannot change unless it is acted upon by a force, as described by Newton's first law. An object's momentum is directly related to the object's mass and velocity, and the total momentum of all objects in a closed system (one not affected by external forces) does not change with time, as described by the law of conservation of momentum.

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Description of Motion in One Dimension

Motion is described in terms of displacement (x), time (t), velocity (v), and acceleration (a). Velocity is the rate of change of displacement and the acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. The average velocity and average acceleration are defined by the relationships:

A bar above any quantity indicates that it is the average value of that quantity. If the acceleration is constant, then equations 1,2 and 3 represent a complete description of the motion. Equation 4 is obtained by a combination of the others. Click on any of the equations for an example.