deceleration
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a decrease in rate of change
the deceleration of the arms race
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- acceleration antonym
- decelerate derivation
- slow down derivation
- slacken derivation
- retard derivation
Sense 2 noun
(physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
Types & categories
- rate hypernym
Related & opposite
- acceleration antonym
- physics domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
he initiated deceleration by braking
Types & categories
- speeding hypernym
Related & opposite
- speedup antonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | acceleration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | decelerate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slow down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slacken |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retard |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | acceleration |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | physics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rate |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | speedup |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | speeding |