acceleration
Noun
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is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to anothersubtypes:
- getaway, pickup - the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- precipitation - an unexpected acceleration or hastening
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same as: quickening, speedup
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referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactionsis a type of: rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unitsubtypes:
- 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
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