English-Dutch translations for acceleration

• acceleratie
  De acceleratie voor beide brandstoftypen was schijnbaar identiek. The acceleration was apparently identical for both fuel types.
  De snelheidsbegrenzer zou ook kunnen worden ingesteld om de acceleratie van voertuigen te beheersen, en daar zouden nog meer levens mee gered worden. Such a speed limiter could also be adjusted to control the rate of acceleration of vehicles, and this would save even more lives.
• versnelling
  We hebben deze versnelling en kartelvorming in de hand gewerkt. We risked this acceleration and creation of cartels.
  Mag dit dan inderdaad de brug zijn om die versnelling tot stand te brengen? Could that be the bridge that can bring about this acceleration?
  Mijnheer de Voorzitter, politiek gezien is men bij de opbouw van de Unie overgeschakeld naar een hogere versnelling, en dat is een goede zaak. Mr President, a positive acceleration is taking place in European political integration.

Definition of acceleration

• The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration
• The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity
• The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction

Examples

• a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity
• The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.

Related words

• accelerating
• accelerative
• four-acceleration
• autoacceleration
• accelerationism
• accelerationist
• acceleration due to gravity
• acceleration build-up
• acceleration lane