acceleration

nouns

an increase in rate of change
"modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
is derived from
antonym
is a type of (narrower)
an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
"the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
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is derived from
(physics) a rate of increase of velocity
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domain category
the science of matter and energy and their interactions
"his favorite subject was physics"
is a type of (narrower)
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
"they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"