Acceleration

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage note 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.3 Related terms 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.1.1 Translations to be checked 2 Interlingua 2.1 Noun 3 Romanica 3.1 Noun 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun

English

Etymology

Latin acceleratio ; compare French accélération

Noun

acceleration (countable and uncountable; plural accelerations)

1. (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.

   a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity

2. (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity ).

   The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.

   Quotations

   A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration — I. Taylor

3. The change of speed with respect to time.

Usage note

Acceleration in SI units is measured in metres per second per second (m/s²), or in imperial units in feet per second per second (ft/s²).

Antonyms

• (act, state, amount): deceleration, retardation

Related terms

• accelerate

Translations

act, state

Finnish: kiihdytys French: accélération f Italian: accelerazione f

Norwegian: akselerasjon c

amount

Finnish: kiihtyvyys French: accélération f Italian: accelerazione f

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• German: Beschleunigung f
• Hebrew: תאוצה f
• Indonesian: percepatan
• Interlingua: acceleration
• Japanese: 加速度 (かそくど , kasokudo) (1)
• Polish: przyśpieszenie n
• Portuguese: aceleração f
• Romanian: acceleraţie f
• Romanica: acceleration f
• Russian: ускорение
• Spanish: aceleración
• Swedish: acceleration

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Interlingua

Noun

acceleration

1. acceleration

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Romanica

Noun

acceleration

1. acceleration

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Swedish

Noun

acceleration

1. acceleration