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acceleration

Pronunciation: /əksɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)n/

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Definition of acceleration

noun

[mass noun]

a vehicle’s capacity to gain speed:the three-litre model has spectacular acceleration
increase in speed or rate:the acceleration of the industrialization process
Physics the rate of change of velocity per unit of time.