Synonyms for acceleration
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ak-sel-uh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃən |
Définition of acceleration
Origin :- 1530s, from Latin accelerationem (nominative acceleratio) "a hastening," noun of action from past participle stem of accelerare (see accelerate).
- noun increasing speed, timing
- Wilbur awakened with a start, sitting on the edge of the acceleration diaphragm.
- Extract from : « Mezzerow Loves Company » by Floyd L. Wallace
- "Get on the acceleration couch," said Marcus as he did so himself.
- Extract from : « Mezzerow Loves Company » by Floyd L. Wallace
- The Ardan missiles were powered for an acceleration of one hundred gravities.
- Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
- You do not really employ that barbarous method of acceleration?
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Revel » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- "All the other Gerns are by now in their acceleration couches," he said.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- We'll fall toward it and give the ship all the acceleration she'll take.
- Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
- The acceleration was marvellous, and wholly in the lines of unity.
- Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams
- The Lhari ships hit 12 gravities in the first surge of acceleration.
- Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- When he woke, acceleration had its crushing hand on his chest.
- Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Even so, when they went into Acceleration Two, he felt stinging fear.
- Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Antonyms for acceleration
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