DECELERATION

deceleration

(noun) the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; “he initiated deceleration by braking”

deceleration, slowing, retardation

(noun) a decrease in rate of change; “the deceleration of the arms race”

deceleration

(noun) (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

deceleration (countable and uncountable, plural decelerations)

(uncountable) The act or process of decelerating.

(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity decreases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).

Antonyms

• (act or process of decelerating): acceleration

Source: Wiktionary



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17 May 2025

ANTHOZOAN

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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