accelerate-decelerate

accelerate-decelerate
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Англо-русский словарь по космонавтике. 2013.

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  • decelerate — UK US /ˌdiːˈseləreɪt/ verb [I ] ► to become slower: »Economic growth has decelerated from 4.5% in the first quarter to 3% in the second. »The report stated that the rise in house prices was decelerating. → Compare ACCELERATE(Cf. ↑accelerate)… …   Financial and business terms

  • decelerate — v. i. 1. 1 to reduce speed; as, The car decelerated. Opposite of {accelerate}. Syn: slow, slow down, slow up, retard. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • decelerate — v. t. to cause to reduce speed. Opposite of {accelerate}. Syn: slow down. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • accelerate — *speed, quicken, hurry, hasten, precipitate Analogous words: forward, further, *advance, promote: drive, impel (see MOVE) Antonyms: decelerate: retard Contrasted words: *delay, slow, slacken: impede, obstruct, block, *hinder: * …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • accelerate — [v] increase speed, timing advance, drive, dust*, expedite, fire up*, forward, further, gun*, hammer on*, hasten, hurry, impel, lay a patch*, lay rubber*, make tracks*, nail it*, open up*, peel rubber*, precipitate, put on afterburners*, put… …   New thesaurus

  • decelerate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: de + accelerate Date: 1899 transitive verb 1. to reduce the speed of ; slow down < decelerate a car > 2. to decrease the rate of progress of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • accelerate — 1. verb /əkˈsɛləˌreɪt/ a) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc. b) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process …   Wiktionary

  • accelerate — verb 1 (I) if a vehicle or someone who is driving it accelerates, it starts to go faster: The Ferrari Mondial can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.3 seconds. 2 (I, T) if a process accelerates or if something accelerates it, it happens faster than …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • accelerate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. hasten, expedite, anticipate, speed (up), quicken. See earliness, haste. Ant., decelerate, retard. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. quicken, stimulate, expedite, speed up; see hasten 2 . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

  • decelerate — verb (I) technical to go slower, especially in a vehicle: Decelerate when approaching a corner. opposite accelerate deceleration noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • accelerate — ac|cel|e|rate [əkˈseləreıt] v [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of accelerare, from ad to + celer fast ] 1.) [I and T] if a process accelerates or if something accelerates it, it happens faster than usual or sooner than you… …   Dictionary of contemporary English


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