DeviceMotionEvent.acceleration

The acceleration property returns the amount of acceleration recorded by the device, in meters per second squared (m/s²).

Syntax

var acceleration = instanceOfDeviceMotionEvent.acceleration;

Value

The acceleration property is an object providing information about acceleration on three axis. Each axis is represented with its own property:

x

Represents the acceleration upon the x axis which is the west to east axis

y

Represents the acceleration upon the y axis which is the south to north axis

z

Represents the acceleration upon the z axis which is the down to up axis

Specifications

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See also

• DeviceMotionEvent.accelerationIncludingGravity
• devicemotion
• window.ondevicemotion
• deviceorientation
• DeviceOrientationEvent
• Detecting device orientation
• Orientation and motion data explained