acceleration

See also: accélération

English

Alternative forms

• acc.
• a.

Etymology

First attested in 1531. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French accélération or more likely directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin accelerātiō (“a hastening, acceleration”). Equivalent to accelerate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• enPR: əksĕlərā'shən, IPA^(key): /ək.ˌsɛl.ə.ˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /æk.ˌsɛl.ə.ˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ɪk.ˌsɛl.ə.ˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

acceleration (countable and uncountable, plural accelerations)

1. (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.

   a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity

2. (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).

   The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Isaac Taylor

     A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration […]

3. (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
4. The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.

Usage notes

Acceleration in SI units is measured in metres per second per second (m/s²), or in imperial units in feet per second per second (ft/s²).

Antonyms

• (act or state, amount): deceleration, retardation

Translations

act or state

• Armenian: արագացում (hy) (aragacʻum)
• Belarusian: паскарэ́нне n (paskarénnje)
• Bulgarian: ускоряване (uskorjavane)
• Catalan: acceleració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加速 (zh) (jiāsù)

• Czech: zrychlení n
• Dutch: versnelling (nl) f, acceleratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: akcelo
• Finnish: kiihdytys (fi)
• French: accélération (fr) f
• Galician: aceleración (gl) f
• German: Beschleunigung (de) f
• Greek: επιτάχυνση (el) f (epitáchynsi)
• Hebrew: האצה f (he'atza)
• Hungarian: gyorsulás (hu)
• Interlingua: acceleration
• Interlingue:
• Italian: accelerazione (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 加速 (ja) (かそく, kasoku)
• Latin: accelerātiō f
• Lithuanian: pagreitis
• Luxembourgish: Acceleratioun f
• Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭯𐭮𐭭𐭭 (ōštābišn)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akselerasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: akselerasjon m

• Persian: شتاب (fa) (šetâb)
• Polish: przyspieszenie (pl) n, akceleracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: aceleração (pt) f
• Romanian: accelerație (ro) f, accelerare (ro) f
• Russian: ускоре́ние (ru) n (uskorénije), разго́н (ru) m (razgón)
• Serbo-Croatian: akcelerácija (sh) f, ubrzánje (sh) n
• Spanish: aceleración (es)
• Swedish: acceleration (sv) c
• Tagalog: darasig
• Ukrainian: приско́рення (uk) n (pryskórennja)
• Venetian: acelerasion f

amount

• Armenian: արագացում (hy) (aragacʻum)
• Bulgarian: ускоре́ние (bg) n (uskorénie)
• Catalan: acceleració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加速度 (zh) (jiāsùdù)

• Czech: zrychlení n
• Dutch: versnelling (nl) f, acceleratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: akcelo
• Finnish: kiihtyvyys (fi)
• French: accélération (fr) f
• German: Beschleunigung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: επιτάχυνση (el) f (epitáchynsi)
• Hebrew: תאוצה (he) f (teutza)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: accelerazione (it) f
• Japanese: 加速度 (ja) (かそくど, kasokudo)
• Malay: pecutan
• Polish: przyspieszenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: aceleração (pt) f
• Russian: ускоре́ние (ru) n (uskorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: akcelerácija (sh) f, ubrzánje (sh) n
• Swedish: acceleration (sv) c
• Tagalog: darasig

(physics)

• Afrikaans: versnelling
• Amharic: ፍጥንጥነት f (fəṭnəṭnät)
• Arabic: تَسَارُع m (tasāruʕ)
• Aragonese: aceleración f
• Armenian: արագացում (hy) (aragacʻum), արագացում (hy) (aragacʻum)
• Assamese: ত্বৰণ (toron)
• Asturian: aceleración f
• Azerbaijani: təcil
• Bashkir: тиҙләнеш (tiźləneş)
• Basque: azelerazio
• Belarusian: паскарэнне n (paskarennje)
• Bengali: ত্বরণ (toron)
• Bulgarian: ускоре́ние (bg) n (uskorénie)
• Burmese: အရှိန် (my) f (a.hrin)
• Catalan: acceleració (ca) f
• Cebuano: pagpatulin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加速度 (zh) (jiāsùdù)

• Czech: zrychlení n, akcelerace f
• Danish: acceleration c
• Dutch: versnelling (nl) f, acceleratie (nl) f
• Esperanto: akcelo
• Estonian: kiirendus
• Finnish: kiihtyvyys (fi)
• French: accélération (fr) f
• Galician: aceleración (gl) f
• Georgian: აჩქარება (ačkareba)
• German: Beschleunigung (de) f
• Greek: επιτάχυνση (el) f (epitáchynsi)
• Haitian Creole: akselerasyon
• Hebrew: תאוצה (he) f
• Hindi: त्वरण (hi) (tvaraṇ)
• Hungarian: gyorsulás (hu)
• Icelandic: hröðun
• Indonesian: percepatan (id), akselerasi (id)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: luasghéarú
• Italian: accelerazione (it) f
• Japanese: 加速度 (ja) (kasokudo)
• Karachay-Balkar: терклениу (terkleniu)
• Kazakh: үдеу (kk) (üdeu)
• Khmer: សំទុះ (km) (sɑmtuh)
• Korean: 가속도 (ko) (gasokdo)
• Latin: acceleratio f
• Latvian: paātrinājums m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: pagreitis m
• Macedonian: забрзување n (zabrzuvanje)
• Malay: pemecutan
• Malayalam: ത്വരണം (ml) (tvaraṇaṁ)
• Manx: bieauaghey
• Marathi: त्वरण (tvaraṇ)
• Mongolian: хурдатгал (mn) (xurdatgal)
• Neapolitan: accëllërazion f
• Nepali: प्रवेग (ne) m (praveg)
• Newar: प्रवेग (prawega)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: akselerasjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: akselerasjon m

• Novial:
• Occitan: acceleracion f
• Persian: شتاب (fa) (šetâb)
• Polish: przyspieszenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: aceleração (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਵੇਗ (prveg)
• Romanian: accelerație (ro) f
• Russian: ускоре́ние (ru) n (uskorénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: akcelerácija (sh) f, ubrzánje (sh) n, акцелерација f
• Sicilian: accilirazzioni f
• Silesian: szwůng m
• Sinhalese: ත්වරණය (si) (twaraṇaya)
• Slovak: zrýchlenie n
• Slovene: pospešek (sl) m, pospešek (sl) m
• Spanish: aceleración (es) f
• Sundanese: percepetan, akselerasi
• Swedish: acceleration (sv) c
• Tagalog: darasig, akselerasyon
• Tamil: முடுக்கம் (ta) (muṭukkam)
• Tatar: тизләнеш (tt) (tizläneş)
• Telugu: త్వరణము (te) (tvaraṇamu)
• Thai: ความเร่ง (th) (kwaam-rêng)
• Turkish: ivme (tr), hızlanma (tr), hızlanma (tr)
• Ukrainian: прискорення (uk) n (pryskorennja)
• Urdu: اسراع m (israa)
• Uzbek: tezlanish
• Venetian: acelerasion f
• Vietnamese: gia tốc (vi)
• Welsh: cyflymiad
• West Frisian: fersnelling

See also

• displacement
• velocity
• jerk

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Interlingua

Noun

acceleration (plural accelerationes)

1. acceleration

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Swedish

Etymology

accelerera +‎ -tion

Noun

acceleration c

1. acceleration; a change in velocity

Declension

Declension of acceleration
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	acceleration	accelerationen	accelerationer	accelerationerna
Genitive	accelerations	accelerationens	accelerationers	accelerationernas