Noun
- 1. acceleration, change, alteration, modification
- usage: an increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
- 2. acceleration, quickening, speedup, speed, speeding, hurrying
- usage: the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
- 3. acceleration, rate
- usage: (physics) a rate of increase of velocity
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