Acceleration

/əkˌsɛl.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

Synonyms for "acceleration" (88 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(9 words)
quickeningspeedupaccaccelerated motioncatalysischange in motionchange in ratechange in velocitychanges in rate
Verb(3 words)
accelerate data collectionboost motor speedboost speed
Adjective(1 words)
bold momentum

Strong matches (26)

Related words (44)

Noun(19 words)
increase in velocityincrease pace of workmore motion-changedmost significant motion-changemotion changemotion change conceptmotion change examplemotion change ratemotion changedmotion-change dynamicsmotion-change rateracingrate of accelerationrate of velocity changespeed increasespeedupssudden speed increasevelocity gainvelocity rate of change
Adverb(2 words)
more acceleratingmore motion-change
Verb(3 words)
quickenspeed upspeed up data collection
Adjective(4 words)
rapid motion-changesignificant motion-changesignificant velocity changeunbalanced force effect

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

10 entries
alterationchangechange in motionchange in ratehurryingmodificationraterate of changespeedspeeding

More specific

6 entries
angular accelerationeconomic accelerationgravitational accelerationlearning accelerationtechnological accelerationuniform acceleration

Collocations

5 entries
acceleration due to gravityinstantaneous accelerationrapid accelerationrate of accelerationuniform acceleration

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Newton's Second Law says: "Force is equal to the change in momentum per change in time. For a constant mass, force equals mass times acceleration".

Source: tatoeba (1402412)

If not, how do you explain the acceleration?

Source: tatoeba (1582945)

The derivatives of space with respect to time are velocity, acceleration, and jerk.

Source: tatoeba (2042093)

The derivatives of distance with respect to time are velocity, acceleration, and jerk.

Source: tatoeba (2047824)

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