deceleration

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a decrease in rate of change (Freq. 2)
- the deceleration of the arms race
• Syn:
slowing, retardation
• Ant:
acceleration
• Derivationally related forms:
retard (for: retardation), slow (for: slowing), decelerate
• Hypernyms:
change, alteration, modification
2. (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
• Ant:
acceleration
• Topics:
physics, natural philosophy
• Hypernyms:
rate
3. the act of decelerating;
decreasing the speed
- he initiated deceleration by braking
• Ant:
acceleration
• Hypernyms:
speed, speeding, hurrying

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  slowing, retardation
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  acceleration, quickening, speedup