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Deceleration   /dɪsˌɛlərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Deceleration

noun
1.
A decrease in rate of change.  Synonyms: retardation, slowing.
2.
(physics) a rate of decrease in velocity.
3.
The act of decelerating; decreasing the speed.





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"Deceleration" Quotes from Famous Books



... He fumbled for corners, found two, lost precious time looking for the others. He had three corners wrapped around one hand when the wind finally caught the sheer fabric, bellied it out with a sharp crack. The sudden deceleration nearly jerked ...
— The Martian Cabal • Roman Frederick Starzl
... distances," said Bors. He could see no sense in this, but he went on. "Allowing for acceleration and deceleration in setting our missiles on targets. Allowing for the motion of the targets. Again we have computers for this. In practice they're too good! If we send a missile at a Mekinese ship, they set a computer on it, and it computes a course for a counter-missile which ...
— Talents, Incorporated • William Fitzgerald Jenkins
... that Hobart must be fully as eager as any of them to land, it seemed to Raf, and the other impatient crew members, that they were very long in entering the atmosphere of the chosen world. It was only when the order came to strap down for deceleration that they were in a measure satisfied. Pull of gravity, ship beaming in at an angle which swept it from night to day or night again as it encircled that unknown globe. They could not watch their objective ...
— Star Born • Andre Norton
... in progress. Any personnel outside the ship should get in as rapidly as possible. Personnel in the rim have seven minutes in which to secure their posts and report to the flare-shield area in the hub. Spin deceleration will take effect in three minutes; and we are counting on my mark towards deceleration. ...
— Where I Wasn't Going • Walt Richmond


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