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Acceleration

Acceleration Meaning & Definition
Acceleration Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Acceleration?

[n] the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
[n] an increase in speed; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
[n] (physics) a rate of change of velocity

Synonyms | Synonyms for Acceleration: quickening | speedup

Related Terms | Find terms related to Acceleration: accelerando | aggravation | beefing-up | blowing up | blowup | concentration | condensation | consolidation | deepening | double time | double-quick | double-quick time | drive | enhancement | exacerbation | exaggeration | explosion | festination | forced march | forwarding | getaway | hastening | heating-up | heightening | hurrying | impetus | information explosion | intensification | magnification | pickup | population explosion | quickening | redoubling | reinforcement | speeding | speedup | step-up | strengthening | thrust | tightening

See Also | centripetal acceleration | fastness | getaway | hurrying | pickup | precipitation | rate | speed | speed | speeding | swiftness

Acceleration In Webster's Dictionary

\Ac*cel`er*a"tion\, n. [L. acceleratio: cf. F. acc['e]l['e]ration.] The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to {retardation}. A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration. --I. Taylor. (Astr. & Physics.) {Acceleration of the moon}, the increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now shorter than in ancient times. {Acceleration} and {retardation of the tides}. See {Priming of the tides}, under {Priming}. {Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars}, the amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding. {Acceleration of the planets}, the increasing velocity of their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits.

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