Acceleration (Noun)
Meaning 1
The act of accelerating; increasing the speed.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
An increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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- The widespread adoption of smartphones led to an acceleration of technological advancements in the field of mobile computing.
- The introduction of the internet caused an acceleration of global communication, making it easier for people to connect with each other.
- The rapid growth of the city's population led to an acceleration of urban development, with new buildings and infrastructure being constructed at a rapid pace.
- The discovery of penicillin led to an acceleration of medical progress, saving countless lives and revolutionizing the treatment of bacterial infections.
- The increasing awareness of climate change has led to an acceleration of efforts to develop sustainable energy sources and reduce carbon emissions.
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Meaning 3
(physics) a rate of increase of velocity.
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Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.