acceleration
/ækˌsɛl.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
noun
- An increase in speed, especially of a vehicle.
- The pilot felt the acceleration as the plane took off.
- Good acceleration helps you merge safely into traffic.
- The sports car has impressive acceleration from zero to sixty miles per hour.
- The process of something happening faster or sooner.
- The company announced an acceleration of its hiring plans.
- The acceleration of technological change is remarkable.
- There has been an acceleration in the rate of deforestation.
- In physics, the rate at which velocity changes over time.
- Newton's second law relates force, mass, and acceleration.
- Gravity causes a constant acceleration of about 9.8 meters per second squared.
- The experiment measured the acceleration of a falling object.
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