deceleration

3 definitions found

deceleration - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  deceleration \deceleration\ n.
     a decrease in velocity. Opposite of acceleration
  
     Syn: slowing, retardation.
          [WordNet 1.5]

deceleration - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deceleration
      n 1: a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms
           race" [syn: deceleration, slowing, retardation] [ant:
           acceleration]
      2: (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity [ant:
         acceleration]
      3: the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated
         deceleration by braking" [ant: acceleration, quickening,
         speedup]

deceleration - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "deceleration":
     arrest, arrestation, catabasis, check, collapse, constraint,
     control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, crash, curb,
     curtailment, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo,
     delay, detention, diminuendo, dive, downtrend, downturn, drag,
     drop, dwindling, ease-off, ease-up, ebb, fall, flagging, hindrance,
     holdup, inhibition, injunction, interdict, lag, lapse,
     legal restraint, letdown, letup, minus acceleration, monopoly,
     obstruction, plunge, prohibition, protection, protectionism,
     protective tariff, rationing, rein, remission, restraint,
     restraint of trade, retardation, retardment, retreat, retrenchment,
     self-control, setback, slack-up, slackening, slowdown, slowing,
     slowing down, slowup, slump, subsidence, tariff wall,
     thought control, wane