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deceleration

de·cel·er·ate
D d

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [dee-sel-uh-reyt]
    • /diˈsɛl əˌreɪt/
    • /ˈdiːˈseləˈreɪʃn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dee-sel-uh-reyt]
    • /diˈsɛl əˌreɪt/

Definitions of deceleration word

  • verb with object deceleration to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve. 1
  • verb with object deceleration to slow the rate of increase of: efforts to decelerate inflation. 1
  • verb without object deceleration to slow down: The plane decelerated just before landing. 1
  • noun deceleration (uncountable) The act or process of decelerating. 1
  • noun deceleration (Countable Noun) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). 0

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Origin of deceleration

First appearance:

before 1895
One of the 18% newest English words
First recorded in 1895-1900; de- + (ac)celerate

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Deceleration

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

deceleration popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for deceleration

noun deceleration

  • decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • stagnation — the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
  • drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.

Antonyms for deceleration

noun deceleration

  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
  • rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • speed-up — rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
  • acceleration — The acceleration of a process or change is the fact that it is getting faster and faster.

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