1. An increase in rate of change
   "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change" 
2. The act of accelerating; increasing the speed
   - quickening, speedup 
3. (physics) a rate of increase of velocity

Derived forms: accelerations

See also: accelerate

Type of: alteration, change, hurrying, modification, rate, speed, speeding

Antonym: deceleration

Encyclopedia: Acceleration

• contributor
• contributory
• contributory negligence
• contrite
• contritely
• contriteness
• contrition
• contrivance
• contrive
• contrived
• contriver
• control
• control account
• control board
• control center
• control centre
• control character
• control circuit
• control condition
• control experiment
• control freak
• control function
• control grid
• control key
• control operation