Definition of deceleration in English:

noun

• Reduction in speed or rate.

  ‘speed brakes enable the aircraft to carry out rapid deceleration’

  ‘a deceleration in economic growth’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The causes of the apparent deceleration of productivity are controversial.’
  • ‘What we misjudged was how long it would take for the earnings deceleration to run its course.’
  • ‘In April and May the first signs of lending growth deceleration were already present.’
  • ‘He feels that the post-1973 slowdown in productivity growth is evidence of a deceleration in technical progress.’
  • ‘Signs of economic deceleration will emerge as the world economy moves into 2005 with less strength.’
  • ‘The crash sensors and diagnostic unit measure deceleration, not acceleration.’
  • ‘Cool-down: jog, then walk, for two minutes of deceleration.’
  • ‘They should have had a very large deceleration in inflation, given the theory.’
  • ‘They all said it was a smooth landing but they could sense a lack of deceleration.’
  • ‘During each of these periods, children showed the same heart rate pattern: initial heart rate deceleration followed by heart rate acceleration.’