acceleration
noun
[ əksɛləˈreɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a vehicle's capacity to gain speed.
• "the three-litre model has spectacular acceleration"
Similar:
speeding up,
increasing speed,
increase in speed,
gain in momentum,
gathering speed,
opening up,
rate of change of velocity,
Origin:
late 15th century: from Latin acceleratio(n- ), from accelerare ‘hasten’ (see accelerate).
