slowing

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slowing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Slow \Slow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slowed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Slowing.]
     To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay;
     as, to slow a steamer. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

slowing - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  slowing
      n 1: a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms
           race" [syn: deceleration, slowing, retardation] [ant:
           acceleration]