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acceleration

[ak-sel-uh-ray-shuhn, ik-] / ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃən, ɪk- /


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A feature of Brook's knock was his measured acceleration.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

After several difficult years marked by near-stagnant revenue, eBay returned to growth in 2025 and saw an acceleration in the first half of this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Daiwa’s industry checks indicate that demand for networking products is surging across the testing supply chain, mainly fueled by the acceleration of 1.6-terabit networking adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

But most importantly, in Musk’s eyes, at least, the car can be equipped with SpaceX-designed gas thrusters that boost acceleration and, yes, produce bursts of flight.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

For the case of a dropped ball, x = gt2/2, where g is the acceleration due to gravity.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

For aging relatives who are still driving, family members can receive reports of sudden stops or fast accelerations as well as a notification of a crash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 21, 2026

On a Thursday morning in June for example, the car had been driven 7.33 miles in 18 minutes; there had been two rapid accelerations and two incidents of hard braking.

From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

Inertial measurement unit data is processed to determine hard braking, hard accelerations and hard turns and GPS data.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024

Some of Dr Wyss-Coray's earlier work suggests the biological ageing process is not steady but comes in bursts, with some rapid accelerations in people's mid-30s, early-60s and late-70s.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023

Under extremely strong gravitational accelerations, even light is affected.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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