Acceleration Definition

ăk-sĕlə-rāshən
noun
The act of accelerating.
American Heritage
An accelerating or being accelerated.
Webster's New World
The process of being accelerated.
American Heritage
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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Other Word Forms of Acceleration

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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Acceleration Sentence Examples

  • The acceleration therefore remains the same, and the velocity is unaltered.

  • The pull recorded on the diagram includes the resistances due to acceleration and to the gradient on which the train is moving.

  • Since the difference between the acceleration of gravity at the pole and at the equator is about 2%, the correction for latitude will be quite sensible in an instrument which might be used at various times in high and low latitudes.

  • This gives the acceleration of m as modified by the inertia of the wheel.

  • The rapid variation of certain groups of animals or the acceleration of certain organs is also not evidence of the sudden appearance of new adaptive characters.

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Words Starting With

AACACC

Words Ending With

NONION

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acceleration

Words Starting With A and Ending With N

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With A12 Letter Words Ending With N