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Definition of Decelerate
1. Verb. Lose velocity; move more slowly. "The car decelerated"
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminish, Fall, Lessen
Specialized synonyms: Slow, Slow Down, Slow Up, Delay, Detain, Hold Up
Antonyms: Accelerate
Derivative terms: Deceleration, Retardation, Retardation, Slowing, Slowdown
2. Verb. Reduce the speed of. "He slowed down the car"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Moderate, Retard, Fishtail
Antonyms: Accelerate
Derivative terms: Deceleration, Slowdown
Definition of Decelerate
1. Verb. to reduce the velocity of something ¹
2. Verb. to reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) to go slower ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decelerate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decelerate
Literary usage of Decelerate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Future of Agriculture: Developing Country Implications by Martin Brown, Ian Goldin (1992)
"Average annual rates of growth decelerate between 1961-85 and 1984-2000 as ...
Thus, while total world cereals production growth would decelerate from 2.8 ..."
2. The Gasoline Automobile by Peter Martin Heldt (1912)
"Cams designed to give a constant acceleration to the valve and allow it to
decelerate at the same uniform rate are known as constant acceleration cams, ..."
3. OECD Economic Surveys by Oecd, OECD Staff (2004)
"Inflation would be scarcely affected in 2004, but could decelerate by !/2 percentage
point with respect to the baseline as from 2005 and remain close to ..."
4. Euro Area: Euro Area by OECD Staff (2005)
"However, prices decelerate particularly slowly when cyclical slack builds up in
the euro area (Annex 2.A1). By most measures including the HICP and the GDP ..."
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