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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats