acceleration

Definitions

1. acceleration (act of increasing motion or action)
2. The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
   uncountable
3. acceleration (change of velocity with respect to time)
4. The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
   countable
5. The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
   countable, uncountable
6. The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“A falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity.”

“On the East and West Coast Main Lines in the 1950s/60s, for example, we saw⟳ the extinction of intermediate stations in order⟳ to create⟳ the same sort⟳ of accelerations that IRP is now promising. Back then, the priority was faster main line services, with wayside/intermediate stations paying the ultimate price.”

“The boosters produce⟳ an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.”

“A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration […]”

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