"acceleration" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

An increase in rate of change (synset 105067952)
"modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"

is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
subtypes:
- getaway, pickup - the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- precipitation - an unexpected acceleration or hastening
The act of accelerating;
Increasing the speed (synset 100331283)
is a type of: hurrying, speed, speeding - changing location rapidly

same as: quickening, speedup
(physics) a rate of increase of velocity (synset 115300837)
referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions

is a type of: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
subtypes:
- angular acceleration - (physics) the rate of change of the angular velocity of a rotating body
- centripetal acceleration - the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit