acceleration
noun
the act of accelerating; increase of speed or velocity.
accelerations
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pluralof acceleration.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Similar surveys pointed to accelerations in India, Japan and Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
On a Thursday morning in June for example, the car had been driven 7.33 miles in 18 minutes; there had been two rapid accelerations and two incidents of hard braking.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Despite the system's complexity, the team found that snowflake accelerations follow an exponential frequency distribution with an exponent of three halves.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023
In a statement, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis said the increase reflects "accelerations in consumer spending, private inventory investment, and federal government spending" among other factors.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2023
We are comfortable with accelerations of 1 g; we have grown up with 1 g.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
