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Antonyms for deceleration

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dee-sel-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : diˈsɛl əˌreɪt

Definition of deceleration

Origin :
  • 1894, originally in railroading, coined from de- "do the opposite of" (see de-) + (ac)celeration.
  • Verily "deceleration" is a word which could only be coined by the Great Western. ["Engineering," Feb. 2, 1894]
  • As in slowdown : noun slacking off; gradual decrease
Example sentences :
  • Deceleration sat on their chests and squeezed their bones to rubber.
  • Extract from : « The K-Factor » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
  • It would still take four hours to get down, in a spiral of deceleration.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • Casker nodded and punched a deceleration spiral into the ship's tape.
  • Extract from : « One Man's Poison » by Robert Sheckley
  • The ship quivered for just a second as it shifted over into deceleration.
  • Extract from : « An Empty Bottle » by Mari Wolf
  • Ekstrohm fingered loose the cinches of his deceleration couch.
  • Extract from : « The Planet with No Nightmare » by Jim Harmon
  • In a few seconds the pressure of deceleration pushed at them.
  • Extract from : « Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet » by Harold Leland Goodwin
  • Allowing for deceleration, three successive predictions of its landing point agreed.
  • Extract from : « Operation Terror » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • You're the only member we have, who's inside the grounds here, who can stand the acceleration and deceleration.
  • Extract from : « By Earthlight » by Bryce Walton
  • Deceleration jumped on them, kicked the air from their lungs in uncontrollable gasps, sank them deep into the yielding couches.
  • Extract from : « The Ethical Engineer » by Henry Maxwell Dempsey
  • He came out of it sluggishly, to find the relief from the dreadful pressure almost as stupefying as the deceleration itself.
  • Extract from : « Far from Home » by J.A. Taylor

Synonyms for deceleration

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