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Deceleration   /dɪsˌɛlərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Deceleration

noun
1.
A decrease in rate of change.  Synonyms: retardation, slowing.  Antonym: acceleration.
2.
(physics) a rate of decrease in velocity.  Antonym: acceleration.
3.
The act of decelerating; decreasing the speed.  Antonym: acceleration.





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... distances," said Bors. He could see no sense in this, but he went on. "Allowing for acceleration and deceleration in setting our missiles on targets. Allowing for the motion of the targets. Again we have computers for this. In practice they're too good! If we send a missile at a Mekinese ship, they set a computer on it, and it computes a course for a counter-missile which ...
— Talents, Incorporated • William Fitzgerald Jenkins


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