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Definition 2024

deceleration

deceleration

See also: décélération

English

Noun

deceleration ‎(countable and uncountable, plural decelerations)

(uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.
The rocket is now in deceleration.
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
The brakes produce a deceleration of 10 metres per second per second.

Antonyms

(act, amount): acceleration

Related terms

decelerate

Translations

the act or process of decelerating

Chinese:
Mandarin: 減速 (zh), 减速 (zh) ‎(jiǎnsù)
Finnish: hidastaminen (fi), hidastus (fi)
French: décélération (fr) f
German: Verlangsamung f
Greek: επιβράδυνση (el) f ‎(epivrádynsi)
Hungarian: lassulás
Indonesian: perlambatan

Japanese: 減速 ‎(げんそく, gensoku)
Portuguese: desaceleração f
Russian: торможе́ние (ru) f ‎(tormožénije), замедле́ние (ru) n ‎(zamedlénije)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: децелерација f

Roman: deceleracija f
Spanish: desaceleración (es)
Tagalog: hidarasig

amount by which a speed or velocity decreases

Finnish: hidastuvuus
Greek: επιβράδυνση (el) f ‎(epivrádynsi)
Portuguese: desaceleração f

Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: децелерација f

Roman: deceleracija f
Tagalog: hidarasig