acceleration
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3.7
- noun
- /əˌsɛləˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
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aceleración
- We have seen a rapid acceleration in the expectations of being a great leader.
- impact of acceleration
- acceleration and deceleration
- acceleration program
Thirdly, acceleration is painful and slow, OK.
- Thirdly, acceleration is painful and slow, OK.
- But the view that's coming in the future is an acceleration of what we are seeing today.
- But you're, I, I believe you're wrong because of a principle called the acceleration of change.
- But then there's been a switch from slowing down to speeding up, a kind of acceleration in the expansion of the universe.
- And that Alzheimer's dementia represents just a steep acceleration, downward acceleration of, of all of that.
- The downshift, oh God, the acceleration on this car.
- Oh my God, there is, there are a few cars on earth an acceleration like that.
- We don't know what is causing the acceleration.
- In other words, by getting into modes of acceleration, moving through space where you're tilted in certain ways.
Examples
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And then in this plot, acceleration means a positive slope.
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Yeah, I just needed more acceleration.
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And the biggest challenge for people is changing with the acceleration of change.
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This term is actually B acceleration of the spider.
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The downshift, oh God, the acceleration on this car.
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At this point, no further acceleration of air can occur as the flow is choked.
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A Cadillac's got more acceleration.
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First came a long period of acceleration followed by an equally long period of deceleration.
Fiction book (1991) -
During the era of modern man, we have witnessed a dramatic acceleration of technological innovations.
Academic text (2015) -
The car experienced a sudden acceleration as the driver pressed the gas pedal.
Synonyms
1
3.6
An increase in speed that makes something happen faster
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6.7
A rise in speed or intensity
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9.1
A short informal word for something that makes things go faster
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
A steady change in an object's speed by the same amount in equal time periods
- Specialized
A change in an object's movement that makes it move toward the centre when it follows a curve
- Specialized
Movement where speed changes by different amounts over time
- Specialized
A steady change in an object's speed by the same amount each second
How Fast
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Surface Forms
Morphology
acceleration = accelerate (transparent) = accelerate + ion
Formed by the verb 'accelerate' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ion'; the sense 'the process or result of accelerating' is directly predictable.
Etymology
Acceleration comes from the parts ad- 'to' and celer 'quick', which together give the idea of 'making quick'. So, acceleration means an increase in speed or rate, like faster progress in work or growth.