deceleration

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de·cel·er·ate

(dē-sĕl′ə-rāt′)

v. de·cel·er·at·ed, de·cel·er·at·ing, de·cel·er·ates

v.tr.

1. To decrease the velocity of.

2. To slow down the rate of advancement of: measures intended to decelerate the arms buildup.

v.intr.

To decrease in velocity.

[de- + (ac)celerate.]

de·cel′er·a′tion n.

de·cel′er·a′tor n.

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Noun	1.	deceleration - a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race" retardation, slowing alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" acceleration - an increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
	2.	deceleration - (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" acceleration - (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
	3.	deceleration - the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking" hurrying, speeding, speed - changing location rapidly speedup, acceleration, quickening - the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Translations

تَخْفيفُ السُّرْعَه

zpomalení

hastighedsreduktionmindskelse

Geschwindigkeitsabnahme

επιβράδυνση

décélération ralentissement

deceleracija

lassításlelassítás

hraîalækkun

decelerazione

minsking av farten

yavaşlama

减速

deceleration

[ˈdiːˌseləˈreɪʃən] N → desaceleración f, deceleración f, disminución f de velocidad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

deceleration

[ˌdiːsɛləˈreɪʃ^ən] n

[car] → décélération f

[inflation, growth] → décélération f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deceleration

n (of car, train) → Langsamerwerden nt; (by driver) → Herabsetzung f → der Geschwindigkeit; (of production) → Verlangsamung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

deceleration

[ˈdiːˌsɛləˈreɪʃ/ən] n → decelerazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

decelerate

(diːˈseləreit) verb

to slow down, especially in a car etc. You must decelerate before a crossroads.

deˌceleˈration noun

de·cel·er·a·tion

n. desaceleración, disminución de la velocidad tal como en la frecuencia cardíaca.

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