Definition of acceleration in English:

acceleration

noun əksɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)nækˌsɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1A vehicle's capacity to gain speed.
the three-litre model has spectacular acceleration
Example sentencesExamples
- In the rarefied world of supercars the only way to go is up: more power, quicker acceleration, higher top speed.
- They have pace, speed, acceleration, penetration, and that priceless asset, mobility.
- No compromises on acceleration, towing capacity, cargo space, fuel economy, or emissions.
- In city driving, nearly 50 percent of the energy needed to power your car goes to acceleration.
- The Ford exhaust system will improve your vehicle's acceleration and passing power, and at the same, help improve its fuel mileage.
- In older powerful cars the job of achieving maximum acceleration without losing traction was down to the driver, but today it is managed by the traction control system.
- We run very closely-spaced gear ratios to maximise the car's acceleration, and this means the ratio between engine speed and car speed is higher than at a more normal circuit.
- But after just a minute of acceleration, it would be able to top out any vehicle ever built.
- One of the terms used in estimating the clearance time of the heavy vehicle is its average acceleration in starting gear.
- This £50,440 model has amazing acceleration for a car of its size and engine type, as well as an impressive ride quality and surprisingly nimble handling.
- I looked expectantly at the speedo, thinking the sheer luxury of the vehicle was masking the sensation of speed and acceleration that must surely be happening all around it.
- When batteries become significantly low, the unit limits top speed and acceleration to alert the operator to drive the vehicle to a charging location.
- There was just more power, more acceleration, more speed and more of that amazing noise.
- We spent some time testing out the motor, checking idle speed, acceleration, different speeds and trim and then stopped for lunch.
- We've learnt at The Sunday Times never to take manufacturers' claims for top speed and acceleration at face value.
- To this day, the combination of acceleration, dynamic performance and braking power offered by the current 911 Turbo continues to set the model apart from its peers.
- A spokesman for Shell said tests on 37 cars on the British market found most showed benefits in acceleration and power, and one in eight customers was now buying Optimax.
- The difference in acceleration and top speeds make it like comparing Del boy's Reliant van with a Ferrari.
- Mr. Lalan says that sudden stoppage of the vehicle and sudden acceleration are not advisable.
- And yet the Charade's plucky 1.0 litre engine will deliver you the fastest acceleration and the best maximum speed available in this class of car.
Synonyms
speeding up, increasing speed, increase in speed, gain in momentum, gathering speed, opening up
technical rate of change of velocity
1. 1.1 Increase in speed or rate.
  the acceleration of the industrialization process
  Example sentencesExamples
  The phenomenon flies in the face of a national trend that has seen a general slowdown in residential property price acceleration after years of spectacular growth.
  The revenue acceleration that powered profit gains was widespread.
  Also at around this time there was a curious amalgam of serious and exploitation films concerned with atomic war and the acceleration of nuclear experiments.
  I hope it will be the vehicle for acceleration in improvements in the railway system.
  Synonyms
  hastening, speeding up, quickening, stepping up, advancement, furthering, furtherance, forwarding, promotion, boosting, boost, stimulation, spur, aid, assistance, facilitation, easing, simplification, expedition, precipitation
  increase, rise, advance, leap, surge, escalation, spiralling, worsening
2. 1.2Physics The rate of change of velocity per unit of time.
  Example sentencesExamples
  This equation of acceleration also applies to the motion of the satellite as it moves around the planet.
  Aristotle had no mathematical machinery for dealing with the concept of acceleration, so he analysed only states of uniform velocity.
  They needed to imagine a special motionless container in order to understand such physical concepts as velocity and acceleration.
  The supernova observations call out for some gravitationally repulsive substance to drive the cosmic acceleration.
  The Joint Dark Energy Mission is designed to study the details of the universe's acceleration.
  The centripetal acceleration of this system rapidly became very high.
  But if that object (which has not had the force on it doubled) were to have double the force applied to it, it would double its acceleration.
  This will necessarily require a change in velocity - hence an acceleration.
  An object in equilibrium will not experience acceleration, and will either remain at rest, or continue moving at a constant velocity.
  Newton's second law says the amount of force needed to accelerate the tableware is directly related to the rate of acceleration.
  Mass, instantaneous velocity, acceleration, magnetic forces, and energy puzzled them much more.
  The Lorentz invariant applies to the four vectors: distance, velocity, acceleration and momentum.
  If that only applies to accelerating bodies then surely time dilation is dependent on acceleration and not velocity.
  During acceleration the seat was pressing against your back because there was a net forward force.
  The first thing he recognized was that the forces we feel upon acceleration and the forces we feel when under the control of gravity are one and the same.
  Einstein warmed to the idea that the gravitational field of the rest of the Universe might explain centrifugal and other inertial forces resulting from acceleration.
  The physicist uses the strobe effect to measure the speed or acceleration of objects, or to take pictures of very fast moving objects.
  What we call gravity, Newton showed was nothing more than a special type of acceleration.
  The acceleration of the Universe can be seen in the redshifts of distant supernovae.
  For that to be possible, gravity and acceleration must be exactly equivalent to one another.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin acceleratio(n-), from accelerare 'hasten' (see accelerate).

This comes from Latin accelerare ‘hasten’, which was formed from celer ‘quick’.

Definition of acceleration in US English:

acceleration

nounækˌsɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)nakˌseləˈrāSH(ə)n

1A vehicle's capacity to gain speed within a short time.
a Formula One car is superior to an Indy car in its acceleration
Example sentencesExamples
- We spent some time testing out the motor, checking idle speed, acceleration, different speeds and trim and then stopped for lunch.
- When batteries become significantly low, the unit limits top speed and acceleration to alert the operator to drive the vehicle to a charging location.
- One of the terms used in estimating the clearance time of the heavy vehicle is its average acceleration in starting gear.
- There was just more power, more acceleration, more speed and more of that amazing noise.
- We run very closely-spaced gear ratios to maximise the car's acceleration, and this means the ratio between engine speed and car speed is higher than at a more normal circuit.
- In the rarefied world of supercars the only way to go is up: more power, quicker acceleration, higher top speed.
- We've learnt at The Sunday Times never to take manufacturers' claims for top speed and acceleration at face value.
- To this day, the combination of acceleration, dynamic performance and braking power offered by the current 911 Turbo continues to set the model apart from its peers.
- This £50,440 model has amazing acceleration for a car of its size and engine type, as well as an impressive ride quality and surprisingly nimble handling.
- They have pace, speed, acceleration, penetration, and that priceless asset, mobility.
- In city driving, nearly 50 percent of the energy needed to power your car goes to acceleration.
- In older powerful cars the job of achieving maximum acceleration without losing traction was down to the driver, but today it is managed by the traction control system.
- But after just a minute of acceleration, it would be able to top out any vehicle ever built.
- And yet the Charade's plucky 1.0 litre engine will deliver you the fastest acceleration and the best maximum speed available in this class of car.
- The difference in acceleration and top speeds make it like comparing Del boy's Reliant van with a Ferrari.
- The Ford exhaust system will improve your vehicle's acceleration and passing power, and at the same, help improve its fuel mileage.
- No compromises on acceleration, towing capacity, cargo space, fuel economy, or emissions.
- Mr. Lalan says that sudden stoppage of the vehicle and sudden acceleration are not advisable.
- A spokesman for Shell said tests on 37 cars on the British market found most showed benefits in acceleration and power, and one in eight customers was now buying Optimax.
- I looked expectantly at the speedo, thinking the sheer luxury of the vehicle was masking the sensation of speed and acceleration that must surely be happening all around it.
Synonyms
speeding up, increasing speed, increase in speed, gain in momentum, gathering speed, opening up
1. 1.1 Increase in the rate or speed of something.
  the acceleration of the industrialization process
  an acceleration in the divorce rate
  Example sentencesExamples
  I hope it will be the vehicle for acceleration in improvements in the railway system.
  The phenomenon flies in the face of a national trend that has seen a general slowdown in residential property price acceleration after years of spectacular growth.
  Also at around this time there was a curious amalgam of serious and exploitation films concerned with atomic war and the acceleration of nuclear experiments.
  The revenue acceleration that powered profit gains was widespread.
  Synonyms
  hastening, speeding up, quickening, stepping up, advancement, furthering, furtherance, forwarding, promotion, boosting, boost, stimulation, spur, aid, assistance, facilitation, easing, simplification, expedition, precipitation
  increase, rise, advance, leap, surge, escalation, spiralling, worsening
2. 1.2Physics The rate of change of velocity per unit of time.
  Example sentencesExamples
  They needed to imagine a special motionless container in order to understand such physical concepts as velocity and acceleration.
  Aristotle had no mathematical machinery for dealing with the concept of acceleration, so he analysed only states of uniform velocity.
  Mass, instantaneous velocity, acceleration, magnetic forces, and energy puzzled them much more.
  What we call gravity, Newton showed was nothing more than a special type of acceleration.
  If that only applies to accelerating bodies then surely time dilation is dependent on acceleration and not velocity.
  The Lorentz invariant applies to the four vectors: distance, velocity, acceleration and momentum.
  For that to be possible, gravity and acceleration must be exactly equivalent to one another.
  An object in equilibrium will not experience acceleration, and will either remain at rest, or continue moving at a constant velocity.
  The first thing he recognized was that the forces we feel upon acceleration and the forces we feel when under the control of gravity are one and the same.
  This will necessarily require a change in velocity - hence an acceleration.
  During acceleration the seat was pressing against your back because there was a net forward force.
  The acceleration of the Universe can be seen in the redshifts of distant supernovae.
  The physicist uses the strobe effect to measure the speed or acceleration of objects, or to take pictures of very fast moving objects.
  The centripetal acceleration of this system rapidly became very high.
  Newton's second law says the amount of force needed to accelerate the tableware is directly related to the rate of acceleration.
  Einstein warmed to the idea that the gravitational field of the rest of the Universe might explain centrifugal and other inertial forces resulting from acceleration.
  The Joint Dark Energy Mission is designed to study the details of the universe's acceleration.
  This equation of acceleration also applies to the motion of the satellite as it moves around the planet.
  But if that object (which has not had the force on it doubled) were to have double the force applied to it, it would double its acceleration.
  The supernova observations call out for some gravitationally repulsive substance to drive the cosmic acceleration.

Origin

Late 15th century: from Latin acceleratio(n-), from accelerare ‘hasten’ (see accelerate).

单词	acceleration
释义	Definition of acceleration in English: acceleration noun əksɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)nækˌsɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1A vehicle's capacity to gain speed. the three-litre model has spectacular acceleration Example sentencesExamples In the rarefied world of supercars the only way to go is up: more power, quicker acceleration, higher top speed. They have pace, speed, acceleration, penetration, and that priceless asset, mobility. No compromises on acceleration, towing capacity, cargo space, fuel economy, or emissions. In city driving, nearly 50 percent of the energy needed to power your car goes to acceleration. The Ford exhaust system will improve your vehicle's acceleration and passing power, and at the same, help improve its fuel mileage. In older powerful cars the job of achieving maximum acceleration without losing traction was down to the driver, but today it is managed by the traction control system. We run very closely-spaced gear ratios to maximise the car's acceleration, and this means the ratio between engine speed and car speed is higher than at a more normal circuit. But after just a minute of acceleration, it would be able to top out any vehicle ever built. One of the terms used in estimating the clearance time of the heavy vehicle is its average acceleration in starting gear. This £50,440 model has amazing acceleration for a car of its size and engine type, as well as an impressive ride quality and surprisingly nimble handling. I looked expectantly at the speedo, thinking the sheer luxury of the vehicle was masking the sensation of speed and acceleration that must surely be happening all around it. When batteries become significantly low, the unit limits top speed and acceleration to alert the operator to drive the vehicle to a charging location. There was just more power, more acceleration, more speed and more of that amazing noise. We spent some time testing out the motor, checking idle speed, acceleration, different speeds and trim and then stopped for lunch. We've learnt at The Sunday Times never to take manufacturers' claims for top speed and acceleration at face value. To this day, the combination of acceleration, dynamic performance and braking power offered by the current 911 Turbo continues to set the model apart from its peers. A spokesman for Shell said tests on 37 cars on the British market found most showed benefits in acceleration and power, and one in eight customers was now buying Optimax. The difference in acceleration and top speeds make it like comparing Del boy's Reliant van with a Ferrari. Mr. Lalan says that sudden stoppage of the vehicle and sudden acceleration are not advisable. And yet the Charade's plucky 1.0 litre engine will deliver you the fastest acceleration and the best maximum speed available in this class of car. Synonyms speeding up, increasing speed, increase in speed, gain in momentum, gathering speed, opening up technical rate of change of velocity 1.1 Increase in speed or rate. the acceleration of the industrialization process Example sentencesExamples The phenomenon flies in the face of a national trend that has seen a general slowdown in residential property price acceleration after years of spectacular growth. The revenue acceleration that powered profit gains was widespread. Also at around this time there was a curious amalgam of serious and exploitation films concerned with atomic war and the acceleration of nuclear experiments. I hope it will be the vehicle for acceleration in improvements in the railway system. Synonyms hastening, speeding up, quickening, stepping up, advancement, furthering, furtherance, forwarding, promotion, boosting, boost, stimulation, spur, aid, assistance, facilitation, easing, simplification, expedition, precipitation increase, rise, advance, leap, surge, escalation, spiralling, worsening 1.2Physics The rate of change of velocity per unit of time. Example sentencesExamples This equation of acceleration also applies to the motion of the satellite as it moves around the planet. Aristotle had no mathematical machinery for dealing with the concept of acceleration, so he analysed only states of uniform velocity. They needed to imagine a special motionless container in order to understand such physical concepts as velocity and acceleration. The supernova observations call out for some gravitationally repulsive substance to drive the cosmic acceleration. The Joint Dark Energy Mission is designed to study the details of the universe's acceleration. The centripetal acceleration of this system rapidly became very high. But if that object (which has not had the force on it doubled) were to have double the force applied to it, it would double its acceleration. This will necessarily require a change in velocity - hence an acceleration. An object in equilibrium will not experience acceleration, and will either remain at rest, or continue moving at a constant velocity. Newton's second law says the amount of force needed to accelerate the tableware is directly related to the rate of acceleration. Mass, instantaneous velocity, acceleration, magnetic forces, and energy puzzled them much more. The Lorentz invariant applies to the four vectors: distance, velocity, acceleration and momentum. If that only applies to accelerating bodies then surely time dilation is dependent on acceleration and not velocity. During acceleration the seat was pressing against your back because there was a net forward force. The first thing he recognized was that the forces we feel upon acceleration and the forces we feel when under the control of gravity are one and the same. Einstein warmed to the idea that the gravitational field of the rest of the Universe might explain centrifugal and other inertial forces resulting from acceleration. The physicist uses the strobe effect to measure the speed or acceleration of objects, or to take pictures of very fast moving objects. What we call gravity, Newton showed was nothing more than a special type of acceleration. The acceleration of the Universe can be seen in the redshifts of distant supernovae. For that to be possible, gravity and acceleration must be exactly equivalent to one another. Origin Late 15th century: from Latin acceleratio(n-), from accelerare 'hasten' (see accelerate). This comes from Latin accelerare ‘hasten’, which was formed from celer ‘quick’. Definition of acceleration in US English: acceleration nounækˌsɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)nakˌseləˈrāSH(ə)n 1A vehicle's capacity to gain speed within a short time. a Formula One car is superior to an Indy car in its acceleration Example sentencesExamples We spent some time testing out the motor, checking idle speed, acceleration, different speeds and trim and then stopped for lunch. When batteries become significantly low, the unit limits top speed and acceleration to alert the operator to drive the vehicle to a charging location. One of the terms used in estimating the clearance time of the heavy vehicle is its average acceleration in starting gear. There was just more power, more acceleration, more speed and more of that amazing noise. We run very closely-spaced gear ratios to maximise the car's acceleration, and this means the ratio between engine speed and car speed is higher than at a more normal circuit. In the rarefied world of supercars the only way to go is up: more power, quicker acceleration, higher top speed. We've learnt at The Sunday Times never to take manufacturers' claims for top speed and acceleration at face value. To this day, the combination of acceleration, dynamic performance and braking power offered by the current 911 Turbo continues to set the model apart from its peers. This £50,440 model has amazing acceleration for a car of its size and engine type, as well as an impressive ride quality and surprisingly nimble handling. They have pace, speed, acceleration, penetration, and that priceless asset, mobility. In city driving, nearly 50 percent of the energy needed to power your car goes to acceleration. In older powerful cars the job of achieving maximum acceleration without losing traction was down to the driver, but today it is managed by the traction control system. But after just a minute of acceleration, it would be able to top out any vehicle ever built. And yet the Charade's plucky 1.0 litre engine will deliver you the fastest acceleration and the best maximum speed available in this class of car. The difference in acceleration and top speeds make it like comparing Del boy's Reliant van with a Ferrari. The Ford exhaust system will improve your vehicle's acceleration and passing power, and at the same, help improve its fuel mileage. No compromises on acceleration, towing capacity, cargo space, fuel economy, or emissions. Mr. Lalan says that sudden stoppage of the vehicle and sudden acceleration are not advisable. A spokesman for Shell said tests on 37 cars on the British market found most showed benefits in acceleration and power, and one in eight customers was now buying Optimax. I looked expectantly at the speedo, thinking the sheer luxury of the vehicle was masking the sensation of speed and acceleration that must surely be happening all around it. Synonyms speeding up, increasing speed, increase in speed, gain in momentum, gathering speed, opening up 1.1 Increase in the rate or speed of something. the acceleration of the industrialization process an acceleration in the divorce rate Example sentencesExamples I hope it will be the vehicle for acceleration in improvements in the railway system. The phenomenon flies in the face of a national trend that has seen a general slowdown in residential property price acceleration after years of spectacular growth. Also at around this time there was a curious amalgam of serious and exploitation films concerned with atomic war and the acceleration of nuclear experiments. The revenue acceleration that powered profit gains was widespread. Synonyms hastening, speeding up, quickening, stepping up, advancement, furthering, furtherance, forwarding, promotion, boosting, boost, stimulation, spur, aid, assistance, facilitation, easing, simplification, expedition, precipitation increase, rise, advance, leap, surge, escalation, spiralling, worsening 1.2Physics The rate of change of velocity per unit of time. Example sentencesExamples They needed to imagine a special motionless container in order to understand such physical concepts as velocity and acceleration. Aristotle had no mathematical machinery for dealing with the concept of acceleration, so he analysed only states of uniform velocity. Mass, instantaneous velocity, acceleration, magnetic forces, and energy puzzled them much more. What we call gravity, Newton showed was nothing more than a special type of acceleration. If that only applies to accelerating bodies then surely time dilation is dependent on acceleration and not velocity. The Lorentz invariant applies to the four vectors: distance, velocity, acceleration and momentum. For that to be possible, gravity and acceleration must be exactly equivalent to one another. An object in equilibrium will not experience acceleration, and will either remain at rest, or continue moving at a constant velocity. The first thing he recognized was that the forces we feel upon acceleration and the forces we feel when under the control of gravity are one and the same. This will necessarily require a change in velocity - hence an acceleration. During acceleration the seat was pressing against your back because there was a net forward force. The acceleration of the Universe can be seen in the redshifts of distant supernovae. The physicist uses the strobe effect to measure the speed or acceleration of objects, or to take pictures of very fast moving objects. The centripetal acceleration of this system rapidly became very high. Newton's second law says the amount of force needed to accelerate the tableware is directly related to the rate of acceleration. Einstein warmed to the idea that the gravitational field of the rest of the Universe might explain centrifugal and other inertial forces resulting from acceleration. The Joint Dark Energy Mission is designed to study the details of the universe's acceleration. This equation of acceleration also applies to the motion of the satellite as it moves around the planet. But if that object (which has not had the force on it doubled) were to have double the force applied to it, it would double its acceleration. The supernova observations call out for some gravitationally repulsive substance to drive the cosmic acceleration. Origin Late 15th century: from Latin acceleratio(n-), from accelerare ‘hasten’ (see accelerate).
随便看	phase-shifting phase something in phase something in/out phase something in/out phase something out phases-out phase space phase splitter phase-splitting phase sth in phase sth out phase switch phase transformation phase transition phase velocity phase-wound phasianid phasianids phasianine phasianoid phasic phasic -phasic phasing phasing