deceleration

Nouns

  • (n) a decrease in rate of change
    • the deceleration of the arms race
    retardation, slowing,
  • (n) (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
  • (n) the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed
    • he initiated deceleration by braking

Synonyms

retardation slowing

Antonyms

acceleration speedup quickening

Words of close approximity