deceleration

[ dee-sel-uh-rey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the fact of losing speed, or the act of reducing the speed of something: Prolonged deceleration of the fetal heart rate is cause for concern.

  2. the act or process of slowing the rate of increase of something: During that quarter, job creation stalled and stocks fell, confirming that there was a deceleration in the economy.

Origin of deceleration

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Other words from deceleration

  • non·de·cel·er·a·tion, noun

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How to use deceleration in a sentence

  • Allowing for deceleration, three successive predictions of its landing point agreed.

    Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • It would add to the plausibility of reported deceleration, though, and would arouse acute suspicion.

    Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • The deceleration pressed them so tightly to the nose of the ship that they could hardly breathe.

    Giants on the Earth | Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • Anyway, after Lynds completed six orbital revolutions, they began the deceleration and descent.

    What Need of Man? | Harold Calin
  • Spin deceleration will take effect in three minutes; and we are counting on my mark towards deceleration.

    Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond