Companies are finding new ways to do business, and in the process we’re seeing an acceleration of technologies that, though they were already in the pipeline, would have taken several more years to really pick up speed.
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There’s huge swaths of our society that will be completely left behind by the acceleration of these technological trends.
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The acceleration of digitization, the re-thinking of offices, the increasing involvement of stakeholders on issues like safety and diversity, have created a greater need and desire by executives to convene and share ideas and best practices.
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If you want powerful, fast acceleration from a dead stop to get up to speed in traffic or with heavy loads, a Class 2 throttle-assist bike with a motor that has a max torque of 60 Newton-meters or higher might be the right approach.
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Meanwhile, direct-to-consumer sales are up 1,400 percent from the same time last year, a surge Wolfe Pereira attributes to “the acceleration of e-commerce.”
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And if the effect of acceleration was stronger in some patches than others, that would mean less or more clumping up of galaxies.
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That return, and that acceleration, are not coincidences either.
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It has three sensors which track steps, acceleration, and altitude.
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Jones, the face of the burgeoning organization, has been taken aback by the acceleration of interest.
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Smartphone apps like Grindr have been able to parlay that acceleration of trust (and, dare we say, desire) into a big business.
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The rate of acceleration was terrific, and I am still unable to understand how Hart was able to manipulate the controls.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930|Various
This bathroom, however, is practical only when we have some force downward, either gravitation or our own acceleration.
The Skylark of Space|Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
The Lhari ships hit 12 gravities in the first surge of acceleration.
The Colors of Space|Marion Zimmer Bradley
There was the barest hesitation, and then they were forced back in their seats, with 5G acceleration.
Evil Out of Onzar|Mark Ganes
We will ascend more gradually this time, so that the acceleration won't be so tiring to you.
Islands of Space|John W Campbell
British Dictionary definitions for acceleration
acceleration
/ (ækˌsɛləˈreɪʃən) /
noun
the act of accelerating or the state of being accelerated
the rate of increase of speed or the rate of change of velocitySymbol: a
expedition, quickening, dispatch, stimulation, hurrying, spurring, hastening, stepping up
Cultural definitions for acceleration
acceleration
A change in the velocity of an object.
notes for acceleration
The most familiar kind of acceleration is a change in the speed of an object. An object that stays at the same speed but changes direction, however, is also being accelerated. (See force.)
The rate of change of the velocity of a moving body. An increase in the magnitude of the velocity of a moving body (an increase in speed) is called a positive acceleration; a decrease in speed is called a negative acceleration. Acceleration, like velocity, is a vector quantity, so any change in the direction of a moving body is also an acceleration. A moving body that follows a curved path, even when its speed remains constant, is undergoing acceleration. See more at gravityrelativity.