ac·cel·er·a·tion
ac·cel·er·a·tion/əkˌseləˈrāSHən/
noun
a vehicle's capacity to gain speed within a short time.
"a Formula One car is superior to an Indy car in its acceleration"
synonyms: speeding up, increasing speed, increase in speed, gain in momentum, gathering speed, opening up, rate of change of velocity
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In mechanics, acceleration is the rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time. Acceleration is one of several components of kinematics, the study of motion. Accelerations are vector quantities. Wikipedia
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