deceleration
Americannoun
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the fact of losing speed, or the act of reducing the speed of something.
Prolonged deceleration of the fetal heart rate is cause for concern.
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the act or process of slowing the rate of increase of something.
During that quarter, job creation stalled and stocks fell, confirming that there was a deceleration in the economy.
Usage
What does deceleration mean? Deceleration describes a decrease in velocity, that is, momentum.Deceleration describes the slowing of an increase. Wind, for example, moves with a certain amount of momentum. When the wind’s momentum slows down, that is, the wind doesn’t blow as hard, we can say that the wind is experiencing deceleration.Example: The deceleration of the ship came abruptly to the passengers.
Other Word Forms
- nondeceleration noun
Etymology
Origin of deceleration
Example Sentences
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While the BOJ doesn’t disclose the specific data it uses to gauge underlying inflation, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute’s estimates based on Friday’s release suggest a broad deceleration across a variety of core price metrics.
Shares of SAP were hammered on Thursday as the German software giant reported slower backlog growth than expected in the fourth quarter and also guided to a slight deceleration this year.
From MarketWatch
The Bank of Canada’s preferred measures of core inflation slowed in December, to an average 2.6%, following another deceleration the prior month.
Apart from that, the driveline is status quo ante, pretty much, with the logic-controlled mechanical center differential splitting torque between front and rear axles, in ratios determined by acceleration, deceleration, demand and available traction.
“The deceleration in fixed-asset investment growth was the most concerning,” said Helen Qiao, chief greater China economist at Bank of America.
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