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   Ac·cel·er·a·tion

   /əkˌseləˈrāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. a vehicle's capacity to gain speed within a short time: "a Formula One car is superior to an Indy car in its acceleration" Similar speeding upincreasing speedincrease in speedgain in momentumgathering speedopening uptechnical:rate of change of velocityOpposite decelerationslowing down
   • ▪ increase in the rate or speed of something: "the acceleration of the industrialization process" Similar hasteningspeeding upquickeningstepping upadvancementfurtheringfurtheranceforwardingpromotionboostingbooststimulationspuraidassistancefacilitationeasingsimplificationexpeditionprecipitationincreaseriseadvanceleapsurgeescalationspirallingworsening
   • ▪ the rate of change of velocity per unit of time.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Latin acceleratio(n-), from accelerare ‘hasten’ (see accelerate).

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