When the moon approached the Earth, it experienced very strong deceleration. This slowdown ultimately led to our having a pleasant day and pleasant weather.
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Deceleration
//dɪˌsɛləˈɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "deceleration" (74 found)
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38 translations across 23 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَباطُؤ noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Catalan
2 entries- desacceleració noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- desceleració noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 減速 /减速 noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Czech
1 entries- zpomalení noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Dutch
1 entries- vertraging noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Finnish
3 entries- hidastaminen noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- hidastus noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- hidastuvuus noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
French
1 entries- décélération noun (the act or process of decelerating)
German
1 entries- Verlangsamung noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Greek
2 entries- επιβράδυνση noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- επιβράδυνση noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
Hungarian
1 entries- lassulás noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Indonesian
3 entries- deselerasi noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
- perlambatan noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- perlambatan noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
Italian
1 entries- decelerazione noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Japanese
1 entries- 減速 noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Malay
1 entries- nyahpecutan noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
Māori
2 entries- whakapōturitanga noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- whakapōturitanga noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
Persian
1 entries- واشتاب noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Polish
1 entries- zwalnianie noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Portuguese
2 entries- desaceleração noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- desaceleração noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
Russian
4 entries- децелера́ция noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- децелера́ция noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
- замедле́ние noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- торможе́ние noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- decelerácija noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- decelerácija noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
- децелера́ција noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- децелера́ција noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
Spanish
1 entries- desaceleración noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Tagalog
2 entries- hidarasig noun (the act or process of decelerating)
- hidarasig noun (amount by which a speed or velocity decreases)
Ukrainian
1 entries- спові́льнення noun (the act or process of decelerating)
Sample sentences
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Scientists say that a woodpecker’s brain is able to withstand g-forces of 1,200 G’s from the repeated impacts and deceleration brought on by this rapid pecking.
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The rocket is now in deceleration.
Source: wiktionary
Comparing both Regions' 1959 services against those of 1939 an appreciable deceleration is evident. This was due to increased loadings, even though more trains were being run, while on the W.R. in particular the increased volume of freight traffic over the line shared the blame.
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