deceleration
The act or process of decelerating.
Example
“The rocket is now in deceleration.”
Other meanings
The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity), an acceleration having a negative numerical value.
“The brakes produce a deceleration of 10 metres per second.”
Related words
- cardiodeceleration
- decelerational
- decelerationism
- decelerationist
- equideceleration
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “deceleration” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.