1 Many instances of performance-based design are approved for their adherence to safety principles. 2  Ceremony implies honor, and honor implies an adherence to traditions. Many instances of performance-based design are approved for their adherence to safety principles. 2  Ceremony implies honor, and honor implies an adherence to traditions.
Acceleration is a vector quantity that is defined as the rate at which an object changes its velocity. An object is accelerating if it is changing its velocity. Sports announcers will occasionally say that a person is accelerating if he/she is moving fast. Yet acceleration has nothing to do with going fast.
Any time that the sign (+ or -) of the acceleration is the same as the sign of the velocity, the object will speed up. If the signs are opposite, the object will slow down. Acceleration is a vector defined by properties of magnitude (size or measurability) and direction.