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Definition of Acceleration

1. Noun. An increase in rate of change. "Modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"

2. Noun. The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.

3. Noun. (physics) a rate of increase of velocity.

Definition of Acceleration

1. n. The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.

Definition of Acceleration

1. Noun. (context: uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration. ¹

2. Noun. (context: countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). ¹

3. Noun. (context: physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Acceleration

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Acceleration

1. The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; opposed to retardation. "A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration." (I. Taylor) Acceleration of the moon, the increase of the moon's mean motion in its orbit, in consequence of which its period of revolution is now shorter than in ancient times. Acceleration and retardation of the tides. See Priming of the tides, under Priming. Diurnal acceleration of the fixed stars, the amount by which their apparent diurnal motion exceeds that of the sun, in consequence of which they daily come to the meridian of any place about three minutes fifty-six seconds of solar time earlier than on the day preceding. Acceleration of the planets, the increasing velocity of their motion, in proceeding from the apogee to the perigee of their orbits. Origin: L. Acceleratio: cf. F. Acceleration. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acceleration

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Literary usage of Acceleration

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"But we have seen that then is acceleration along r, if its direction changes, ... Hence, for acceleration directed towards a fixed point the moment of the ..."

2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"It is easy to solar eclipses acts in the same direction as the acceleration of the moon's mean mction, viz., it throws the place of observation to from ..."

3. Matter and Motion by James Clerk Maxwell (1876)
"ON THE KATE or Acceleration. We have hitherto been considering the total ... If the rate of acceleration is constant, it is measured by the total ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"Distinguish tangential from centripetal acceleration. 7. ... Conclusion: The motion produced is one with constant acceleration. 8. Variation of Acceleration ..."

5. Elements of Mechanism by Peter Schwamb, Allyne Litchfield Merrill, Walter Herman James (1921)
"ELEMENTS OF MECHANISM acceleration may involve a change in speed or direction, or both. Any change in the speed takes place in a direction tangent to the ..."

6. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"If the rate of change of speed is uniform and the time required to travel the mile is 1.5 min., what is the acceleration of the train? 285. ..."

7. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1887)
"The construction for finding the horizontal acceleration shown Fig. 95 is as follows : draw Cd perpendicular to A'B', meeting ‘ or the line produced, ..."

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