It feels like "Acceleration" in Gnome control center corresponds to the
constant multiplier "acceleration" in xset, and "Sensitivity" in Gnome
corresponds to "threshold" in xset.  If you set acceleration high and
sensitivity low, it's impossible to move one pixel at a time.  If you
set sensitivity high, you can move within a large range one pixel at a
time before it starts jumping.  If you set acceleration to "slow" and
sensitivity to high, it actually slows down if you move faster.

This two-step acceleration is pretty much garbage for a real mouse, but
works somewhat for a touchpad.  For a real mouse, I have found that
"xset m 11/8 0" works best, using the hidden "set threshold to 0"
feature that uses a smoothly-varying acceleration instead of the jerky
two-step.

See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=748412#4

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Improve mouse sensitivity and acceleration settings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/28052
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