acceleration
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *kel-der. Latin celer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin celerō Latin accelerō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accelerātiōder. English acceleration First attested in 1531. From French accélération or more likely directly from Latin accelerātiō (“a hastening, acceleration”). Equivalent to accelerate + -ion.
- derived from accelerātiō
- derived from accélération
Definitions
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
- A falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity.
The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector…
The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
- 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 […]
The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing…
The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
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The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in…
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
The neighborhood
- antonymdecelerationantonym(s) of “act or state, amount”
- antonymretardationantonym(s) of “act or state, amount”
- neighbordisplacement
- neighborvelocity
- neighborjerk
Derived
accelerational, acceleration clause, accelerationism, accelerationist, acceleration lane, acceleration of freefall, acceleration of gravity, acceleration principle, angular acceleration, antiacceleration, autoacceleration, cardioacceleration, celeration, centripetal acceleration, deacceleration, four-acceleration, hardware acceleration, microacceleration, nonacceleration, overacceleration, Planck acceleration, plasma acceleration, plasma wakefield acceleration, postacceleration, proper acceleration, quadriacceleration, reacceleration, underacceleration
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at acceleration. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at acceleration. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at acceleration
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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