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".
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Acceleration
//əkˌsɛl.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "acceleration" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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7 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
168 translations across 88 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- versnelling noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Amharic
1 entries- ፍጥንጥነት noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Arabic
1 entries- تَسَارُع noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Aragonese
1 entries- aceleración noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Armenian
3 entries- արագացում noun (act or state)
- արագացում noun (amount)
- արագացում noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Assamese
1 entries- ত্বৰণ noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Asturian
1 entries- aceleración noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- təcil noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Bashkir
1 entries- тиҙләнеш noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Basque
1 entries- azelerazio noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Belarusian
2 entries- паскарэ́нне noun (act or state)
- паскарэнне noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Bengali
1 entries- ত্বরণ noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Bulgarian
4 entries- акселера́ция noun (act or state)
- ускоре́ние noun (act or state)
- ускоре́ние noun (amount)
- ускоре́ние noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Burmese
1 entries- အရှိန် noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Catalan
3 entries- acceleració noun (act or state)
- acceleració noun (amount)
- acceleració noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Cebuano
1 entries- pagpatulin noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 加速 noun (act or state)
- 加速度 noun (amount)
- 加速度 noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Czech
4 entries- akcelerace noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- zrychlení noun (act or state)
- zrychlení noun (amount)
- zrychlení noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Danish
2 entries- acceleration noun (act or state)
- acceleration noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Dutch
4 entries- acceleratie noun (act or state)
- acceleratie noun (amount)
- acceleratie noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- versnelling noun (act or state)
Esperanto
3 entries- akcelo noun (act or state)
- akcelo noun (amount)
- akcelo noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Estonian
1 entries- kiirendus noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Finnish
3 entries- kiihdytys noun (act or state)
- kiihtyvyys noun (amount)
- kiihtyvyys noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
French
3 entries- accélération noun (act or state)
- accélération noun (amount)
- accélération noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Galician
2 entries- aceleración noun (act or state)
- aceleración noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Georgian
1 entries- აჩქარება noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
German
3 entries- Beschleunigung noun (act or state)
- Beschleunigung noun (amount)
- Beschleunigung noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Greek
3 entries- επιτάχυνση noun (act or state)
- επιτάχυνση noun (amount)
- επιτάχυνση noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- akselerasyon noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Hebrew
3 entries- האצה noun (act or state)
- תאוצה noun (amount)
- תאוצה noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Hindi
1 entries- त्वरण noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyorsulás noun (act or state)
- gyorsulás noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Icelandic
1 entries- hröðun noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Indonesian
2 entries- akselerasi noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- percepatan noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Interlingua
1 entries- acceleration noun (act or state)
Irish
1 entries- luasghéarú noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Italian
3 entries- accelerazione noun (act or state)
- accelerazione noun (amount)
- accelerazione noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Japanese
3 entries- 加速 noun (act or state)
- 加速度 noun (amount)
- 加速度 noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Karachay-Balkar
1 entries- терклениу noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Kazakh
1 entries- үдеу noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Khmer
1 entries- សំទុះ noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Korean
2 entries- 가속 noun (act or state)
- 가속도 noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Latin
2 entries- acceleratio noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- accelerātiō noun (act or state)
Latvian
1 entries- paātrinājums noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pagreitis noun (act or state)
- pagreitis noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Acceleratioun noun (act or state)
Macedonian
2 entries- забрзување noun (act or state)
- забрзување noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Malay
2 entries- pecutan noun (amount)
- pemecutan noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Malayalam
2 entries- ത്വരണം noun (act or state)
- ത്വരണം noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Manx
1 entries- bieauaghey noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Marathi
1 entries- त्वरण noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭯𐭮𐭭𐭭 noun (act or state)
Mongolian
1 entries- хурдатгал noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Neapolitan
1 entries- accëllërazion noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Nepali
1 entries- प्रवेग noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Newar
1 entries- प्रवेग noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- akselerasjon noun (act or state)
- akselerasjon noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- akselerasjon noun (act or state)
- akselerasjon noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Occitan
1 entries- acceleracion noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Persian
2 entries- شتاب noun (act or state)
- شتاب noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Polish
4 entries- akceleracja noun (act or state)
- akceleracja noun (education)
- przyspieszenie noun (act or state)
- przyspieszenie noun (amount)
Portuguese
3 entries- aceleração noun (act or state)
- aceleração noun (amount)
- aceleração noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਪ੍ਰਵੇਗ noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Romanian
3 entries- accelerare noun (act or state)
- accelerație noun (act or state)
- accelerație noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Russian
4 entries- разго́н noun (act or state)
- ускоре́ние noun (act or state)
- ускоре́ние noun (amount)
- ускоре́ние noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- akcelerácija noun (act or state)
- akcelerácija noun (amount)
- akcelerácija noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- ubrzánje noun (act or state)
Sicilian
1 entries- accilirazzioni noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Silesian
1 entries- szwůng noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ත්වරණය noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Slovak
1 entries- zrýchlenie noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Slovene
2 entries- pospešek noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- pospešek noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Spanish
4 entries- acceleración noun (act or state)
- acceleración noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- aceleración noun (act or state)
- aceleración noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Sundanese
2 entries- akselerasi noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- percepetan noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Swahili
1 entries- mchapuko noun (act or state)
Swedish
3 entries- acceleration noun (act or state)
- acceleration noun (amount)
- acceleration noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Tagalog
4 entries- akselerasyon noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- darasig noun (act or state)
- darasig noun (amount)
- darasig noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Tamil
1 entries- முடுக்கம் noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Tatar
1 entries- тизләнеш noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Telugu
1 entries- త్వరణము noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Thai
1 entries- ความเร่ง noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Turkish
3 entries- hızlanma noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- hızlanma noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
- ivme noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Ukrainian
2 entries- приско́рення noun (act or state)
- прискорення noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Urdu
1 entries- اسراع noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Uzbek
1 entries- tezlanish noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Venetan
2 entries- acelerasion noun (act or state)
- acelerasion noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gia tốc noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Welsh
1 entries- cyflymiad noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fersnelling noun (change of velocity with respect to time)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
If not, how do you explain the acceleration?
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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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