Associations to the word «Deceleration»

Wiktionary

DECELERATION, noun. (uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.
DECELERATION, noun. (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).

Dictionary definition

DECELERATION, noun. A decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race".
DECELERATION, noun. (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity.
DECELERATION, noun. The act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking".

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche