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ACCELERATION (from Lat. accelerare, t...

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 111 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACCELERATION (from See also:Lat. accelerare, to hasten, celer, See also:quick) , hastening or quickening; in See also:mechanics, a See also:term employed to denote the See also:rate at which the velocity of a See also:body, whose See also:motion is not See also:uniform, either increases or decreases.

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