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Word: Acceleration
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 15th century: from Latin acceleratio(n-), from accelerare ‘hasten’ (see accelerate)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əkˌsɛləˈreɪʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a vehicle's capacity to gain speed
Short Definition:vehicle's capacity to gain speed
Examples:- the three-litre model has spectacular acceleration
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