Definition:Acceleration/Unit/Gal

CGS unit of Acceleration
The CGS unit of acceleration is the gal.

It is defined as:


 * $1$ gal is:
 * $1$ centimetre per second per second
 * or:
 * $1$ centimetre per second squared.

That is:
 * $1 \, \mathrm {Gal} = 1 \, \mathrm {cm \, s^{-2} }$