decelerate
/diːˈsɛləreɪt
/verb
Reduce or cause to reduce in speed: [no object]: the train began to decelerate...
- In the meantime, the real GDP rate of growth decelerated sharply in Q4.
- Coronary heart disease mortality in women from both countries increased with age, and in both countries the death rate in men decelerated at older ages, reducing the magnitude of the sex difference.
- Four minutes and 45 seconds after liftoff the capsule will begin decelerating by extending a set of speed brakes located near the nose of the capsule.
Synonyms
slow down, slow up, slow, go slower, ease up, slack up, reduce speed, lessen one's speed, brake, put the brakes on, hit the brakes
British informal slam on the anchors
Derivatives
decelerator
- 300 reflective cones and 200 reflective rubber decelerators, which are detachable speed breakers normally used during VVIP and VIP convoys have also been provided.
- With the advent of 3D accelerators (the first of which were really more ‘decelerators’), the video memory was burdened with the additional task of buffering the 3D data.
- The Army designed the AGU and the parachute decelerators, while the Air Force created the JPADS mission planner (JPADS-MP).
Origin
Late 19th century: from de- (expressing removal) + a shortened form of accelerate.