Acceleration Definition

ăk-sĕlə-rāshən
noun
The act of accelerating.
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An accelerating or being accelerated.
Webster's New World
The process of being accelerated.
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The rate of change in the velocity of a moving body.
Webster's New World
The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
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Noun

Singular:
acceleration
Plural:
accelerations

Origin of Acceleration

  • First attested in 1531. From French accélération or more likely directly from Latin accelerātiō (“a hastening, acceleration”). Equivalent to accelerate +‎ -ion.

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