Acceleration — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an increase in rate of change

the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈænən/

🇬🇧British English

/bɹˈɒŋkəʊz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bɹˈɒŋkəʊz/

5 syllables Say it as /kˈænən/.

Examples

modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

speedup quickening

Antonyms

deceleration

Parts of Speech

noun	an increase in rate of change “modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change”
noun	the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
noun	(physics) a rate of increase of velocity

Word Forms

accelerate	verb	cause to move faster
quicken	verb	move faster
speed up	verb	move faster

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Beschleunigung

eine Erhöhung der Änderungsrate

🇫🇷French

accélération

une augmentation du taux de changement

🇪🇸Spanish

aceleración

un aumento en la tasa de cambio

🇮🇹Italian

accelerazione

un aumento del tasso di cambiamento

🇳🇱Dutch

versnelling

een toename van het veranderingstempo

🇵🇹Portuguese

aceleração

um aumento na taxa de mudança

🇷🇺Russian

ускорение

увеличение скорости изменений

India

🇮🇳Hindi

त्वरण

परिवर्तन की दर में वृद्धि

🇧🇩Bengali

ত্বরণ

পরিবর্তনের হার বৃদ্ধি

🇮🇳Tamil

முடுக்கம்

மாற்ற விகிதம் அதிகரிப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

త్వరణం

మార్పు రేటు పెరుగుదల

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रवेग

बदल दरात वाढ

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રવેગક

પરિવર્તન દરમાં વધારો

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೇಗವರ್ಧನೆ

ಬದಲಾವಣೆಯ ದರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ത്വരണം

മാറ്റത്തിൻ്റെ നിരക്കിൽ വർദ്ധനവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਵੇਗ

ਤਬਦੀਲੀ ਦੀ ਦਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਧਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ایکسلریشن

تبدیلی کی شرح میں اضافہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

加速度

变化率增加

🇯🇵Japanese

加速度

変化率の増加

🇰🇷Korean

가속

변화율의 증가

🇻🇳Vietnamese

tăng tốc

sự gia tăng tỷ lệ thay đổi

🇹🇭Thai

การเร่งความเร็ว

อัตราการเปลี่ยนแปลงที่เพิ่มขึ้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

percepatan

peningkatan laju perubahan

🇲🇾Malay

pecutan

peningkatan dalam kadar perubahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تسريع

زيادة في معدل التغيير

🇮🇷Persian

شتاب

افزایش نرخ تغییر

🇹🇷Turkish

hızlanma

değişim oranında artış

🇮🇱Hebrew

תְאוּצָה

עלייה בקצב השינוי

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