acceleration

Meaning

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

Synonyms

quickening

speeding up

speedup

speeding-up

promotion

aggravation

speed-up

facilitation

pickup

rise

hastening

speed up

encouragement

impetus

promote

roll

shoot

spurt

stimulation

time response

zoom

running start

spurring on

progressive increase

degree of acceleration

development

ACC

booster response

acc

accelerated velocity

increase of speed

accelerated speed

accelerating period

a

🅰️

speed increase

accelerate

accelerating

advancement

agitation

boost

driving on

enlivening

exacerbation

exasperation

furthering

gear up

getaway

Translations

accélération

Beschleunigung

accelerazione

versnelling

aceleración

aceleração

acceleratie

acceleració

επιτάχυνση

ivme

acceleratio

Förderung

تسارع

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ək.ˌsɛl.ə.ˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

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