Definition of Decelerator

1. Noun. someone or something that decelerates. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Decelerator

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Decelerator

deceive
deceived
deceiver
deceivers
deceives
deceivest
deceiveth
deceiving
deceivingly
decelerate
decelerated
decelerates
decelerating
deceleration
decelerations
decelerator (current term)
decelerators
deceleron
decelerons
decellularisation
decellularise
decellularised
decellularization
decellularize
decellularized
decellularizes
decellularizing
december
decemfid
decemlocular

Literary usage of Decelerator

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

1. Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics: Foundation for the Future by National Research Council (U.S.). (2006)
"A15 decelerator technology for planetary entry Effective and reliable decelerator technologies for Earth reentry and planetary entry are needed to support ..."

2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1918)
"The hoist is equipped with automatic accelerator and decelerator, electric overwinding device operating a solenoid brake on the motor shaft and further ..."

3. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"... sampler body.42 This inlet has a bug screen, a flow decelerator in the shape of an inverted cone, and an internal impactor with a cutpoint of 10 pm AD. ..."

4. Proceedings of the Sixth Meeting of the Task Force on Shielding Aspects of by OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2004)
"... the East Experimental Hall. and partly sent to a conversion target to generate antiprotons for the Antiproton decelerator (AD) and related experiments. ..."

5. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by James Edmund Vincent (1907)
"... manipulate his throttle, use accelerator or decelerator, and, most important of all, be in vigilant sympathy with his engine, subconsciously. ..."

6. HVAC and Chemical Resistance Handbook for the Engineer and Architect: A ...by Tom Arimes by Tom Arimes (1994)
"It then exits into ad iff user (flow decelerator). Most of the pressure rise occurs in the impeller itself with the remaining increase taking place in the ..."

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