acceleration
(noun)
noun
1. an increase in rate of change
- modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change
Definition categories: attribute, alteration, change, modification
2. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
Similar word(s): quickening, speedup
Definition categories: act, hurrying, speed, speeding
3. (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
Definition categories: time, rate
Sentences with acceleration as a noun:
- a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity
- The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.