Dictionary Entry
acceleration
acceleration is a 12-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses
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- 1noun
The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; -- opposed to retardation.
- 2noun
the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
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- 3noun
an increase in rate of change
"modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
- 4noun
(physics) a rate of increase of velocity
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