acceleration
/ˌækˌseləˈeɪʃən/ak-seh-lur-AY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌækˌsɛlɚˈeɪʃən/ak-seh-lur-AY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of accelerating
Common meaning: speeding up
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- acto, towards
- celerquick, swiftLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 310 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘to, towards’ + ‘quick, swift’ → acceleration
Journey through time
- Latinceler‘quick, swift’
- Englishaccelerate‘to speed up’
- Englishformed in English from accelerateacceleration‘speeding up’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from accelerate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), ACCELERATE, p.5 · scan
Roots
- celer Latin “quick, swift”
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