Antonyms for decelerate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dee-sel-uh-reyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : diˈsɛl əˌreɪt |
Definition of decelerate
Origin :- 1899, back-formation from deceleration. Related: Decelerated; decelerating.
- verb slow down
- "We'll start to decelerate in about ten minutes," O'Brine said.
- Extract from : « Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- They could decelerate it at a rate of fifteen gravities or more.
- Extract from : « Space Tug » by Murray Leinster
- Copeland worked the jury-rigged controls of the jet, continuing to decelerate.
- Extract from : « Comet's Burial » by Raymond Zinke Gallun
- Its motor is designed to decelerate that mass by 1,075 mph in order to allow it to assume a descending orbit.
- Extract from : « Far from Home » by J.A. Taylor
- They went in fast, using her gravity to help them curve into a forced orbit as they strained to decelerate.
- Extract from : « Tulan » by Carroll Mather Capps
- Arcot accelerated toward the planet for two hours, then began to decelerate.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- If anything of the right size shows up, decelerate until we can get mass and albedo measurements.
- Extract from : « Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- Every so often comes the impression we are falling head-first; the colonel using ship's drive to decelerate the whole system.
- Extract from : « The Lost Kafoozalum » by Pauline Ashwell
Synonyms for decelerate
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