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Definition of Slowing
1. Noun. A decrease in rate of change. "The deceleration of the arms race"
Generic synonyms: Alteration, Change, Modification
Antonyms: Acceleration
Derivative terms: Decelerate, Decelerate, Retard, Retard, Slow, Slow
Definition of Slowing
1. Verb. (present participle of ''slow'') ¹
2. Noun. deceleration; slowing down ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slowing
1. slow [v] - See also: slow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slowing
Literary usage of Slowing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"In mammals, the stage of stimulation and slowing is very short; it may be entirely
absent in dogs, and often in man. In these the blood pressure rises, ..."
2. Materia Medica: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for by Walter Arthur Bastedo (1913)
"slowing.—One effect of the administration of digitalis is to inhibit or retard
the projection of impulses by 'the sinus node, the result being slowing in ..."
3. A Biennial Retrospect of Medicine, Surgery, and Their Allied Sciences, for by New Sydenham Society (1873)
"The first slowing of the pulse is caused by the digitalin acting ... The second
slowing is due to paralysis of the muscular substance of the heart, ..."
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