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acceleration of free fall

noun

  1. the acceleration of a body falling freely in a vacuum near the surface of the earth in the earth's gravitational field: the standard value is 9.806 65 metres per second per second or 32.174 feet per second per second g Also calledacceleration due to gravityacceleration of gravity


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accelerationistacceleration of gravity