What is acceleration? What is its direction,and state its $SI$ unit.

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(N/A) Acceleration is defined as the rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
Its direction is the same as the direction of the change in velocity.
The $SI$ unit of acceleration is $m/s^2$ or $m s^{-2}$.

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