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acceleration

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


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I’m very satisfied with the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y. One-pedal driving, superb handling, confident acceleration and excellent stopping power if needed spoil you.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

With an unchanged neutral rating on the stock, the analysts like the acceleration in platforms and superannuation at the ASX-listed company, especially given softer industry flows.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

“And then in a period where we flip on monetization, we can then start to see the acceleration in gross profit,” Melwani added.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

A research team led by Fudan University physicists Yu-Gang Ma and Xu-Guang Huang set out to map how acceleration forms and changes inside quark-gluon plasma.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

Two scientists discovered the law governing the acceleration of falling bodies at around the same time—Harriot and Galileo.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Similar surveys pointed to accelerations in India and Japan, though private sector growth lost momentum in Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 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

In Physics of Fluids, from AIP Publishing, researchers from the University of Utah report snowflake accelerations in atmospheric turbulence.

From Science Daily Dec. 19, 2023

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

We are comfortable with accelerations of 1 g; we have grown up with 1 g.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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