DECELERATE


Meaning of DECELERATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ di:seləreɪt ]

( decelerates, decelerating, decelerated)

1.

When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates , the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.

...the sensation of the train decelerating.

≠ accelerate

VERB : V

• de‧cel‧era‧tion

The harder the brake pedal is pressed, the greater the car’s deceleration.

≠ acceleration

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2.

When the rate of something such as inflation or economic growth decelerates , it slows down.

Inflation has decelerated remarkably over the past two years.

≠ accelerate

VERB : V

• de‧cel‧era‧tion

...a significant deceleration in the annual rate of growth.

≠ acceleration

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