Acceleration

[əkselə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [ək'sɛlə'reʃən]

解释:

(noun.) the act of accelerating; increasing the speed.

(noun.) an increase in rate of change; 'modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change'.

(noun.) (physics) a rate of increase of velocity.

珍妮特编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.

伯特校对

同义词及近义词：

n. Hastening, increase of velocity.

编辑:鲁弗斯