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| acceleration | |
| 1. sost. (fisica) (meccanica) accelerazione | |
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| acceleration | |
| 1. subst. The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration. |  |
| a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity | |
| 2. subst. The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). | |
| The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second. | |
| 3. subst. (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction). | |
| 4. subst. The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum. | |
