🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

aceleração

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aceleração

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Acceleration/əkˌsɛl.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A aceleração do carro é impressionante."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The increase in the rate or speed of something.

    "The rapid acceleration of technological change."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'accelerare', formed from 'ad-' (to) and 'celer' (swift, quick). Entering Middle English and later modern scientific terminology via French in the 16th century, it initially meant the act of hastening or increasing speed, later acquiring precise mathematical and physical definitions.

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