deceleration
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.
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
1Other words from deceleration
- non·de·cel·er·a·tion, noun
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How to use deceleration in a sentence
The decelerating subscriber losses suggests that the cord-cutting trend may be beginning to bottom out.
Future of TV Briefing: Hollywood returns to production as stay-at-home orders, advisories lift | Tim Peterson | February 3, 2021 | DigidayThe decelerating gains were the lowest payroll numbers ADP has reported since the summer.
Stay-at-home orders decelerated that rise in late March, but only briefly.
The coronavirus pandemic is changing which podcasts people are listening to | Dan Kopf | October 18, 2020 | QuartzAs the men decelerated, Rupp, less than half a second behind Farah, screamed “Moooo!”
Inside a secret running program at Nike and a win-at-all-costs corporate culture | Rachel King | October 6, 2020 | FortuneAt that point, the virus will still spread, but at a decelerating rate until it stops completely.
Allowing for deceleration, three successive predictions of its landing point agreed.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsIt would add to the plausibility of reported deceleration, though, and would arouse acute suspicion.
Operation Terror | William Fitzgerald JenkinsThe deceleration pressed them so tightly to the nose of the ship that they could hardly breathe.
Giants on the Earth | Sterner St. Paul MeekAnyway, after Lynds completed six orbital revolutions, they began the deceleration and descent.
What Need of Man? | Harold CalinSpin deceleration will take effect in three minutes; and we are counting on my mark towards deceleration.
Where I Wasn't Going | Walt Richmond
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