1.
acceleration; speeding up
The process of increasing speed or the rate at which something happens. Used both literally for physical motion and figuratively for processes.
PHYSICS:
- 加速度 (acceleration - physics term)
- 等加速度運動 (uniform acceleration)
- 加速器 (accelerator - particle physics)
PATTERNS:
- 加速する (to accelerate)
- 加速させる (to cause to accelerate)
- 加速が付く (to pick up speed)
FIGURATIVE USE:
- 改革を加速する (to accelerate reform)
- 成長が加速する (growth accelerates)
- 少子化の加速 (acceleration of declining birthrate)
ANTONYM:
- 減速 (deceleration, slowing down)
Related Words
Antonym:
減速 (deceleration)