Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To decrease the velocity of.
- intransitive verb To slow down the rate of advancement of.
- intransitive verb To decrease in velocity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To decrease in velocity: opposed to accelerate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to cause to reduce speed. Opposite of
accelerate . - intransitive verb to reduce speed. Opposite of
accelerate .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to reduce the
velocity of something - verb to reduce the
rate ofadvancement of something, such as adisease - verb intransitive to go
slower
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb lose velocity; move more slowly
- verb reduce the speed of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In this eWeek podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the vice president of technology for Blue Coat Systems, Dave Asbrey, explains how customers are saving thousands of dollars by using application acceleration technologies to "decelerate" the amount of bandwidth being made available to end users accessing Web 2.0 applications such as YouTube and Facebook on corporate networks.
eWeek - RSS Feeds 2009
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Industry watchers also said that with the shopping season approaching in the major economies, such as the U.S. and Europe, and with the inventories of major PC makers falling short of normal levels lately, the decline in DRAM prices will gradually decelerate and may even help restocking demand to pick up from late November.
Hynix Posts Fourfold Profit Rise as Dollar Slumps Jung-Ah Lee 2010
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As you get better, you will be able to feather the end of the cast to decelerate the lure just above the water's surface and produce a nice soft landing.
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As you get better, you will be able to feather the end of the cast to decelerate the lure just above the water's surface and produce a nice soft landing.
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Natixis economist Camille de Williencourt said Insee's data shows manufacturing output should decelerate quite signficantly in 2011 and further on.
Surveys Show French Economic Outlook Is Bleak William Horobin 2011
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Premium rates will continue accelerate, not decelerate, membership and resultant profits will soar.
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The downward line on the graph ends when the stimulus is passed, meaning that the rate of job losses began to decelerate after ARRA, with the post-stimulus deceleration happening almost exactly as fast as the losses had been accelerating before ARRA.
Matthew Yglesias » You Can’t Create Jobs by “Focusing” on the Economy 2010
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Brazil's economy should decelerate in the last two quarters of the year, ending 2011 with GDP growth of 3.9%, Mr. Bacciotti added.
Brazil's Economic Boom Advances in First Quarter Jeff Fick 2011
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"With a revenue growth at 70% and a 17 to 18 price to earnings ratio, that growth rate is expected to decelerate this year and into 2012."
In 2011, All Eyes Are on the Tablet Heather Struck 2011
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As previously reported, the IMF forecast that China's growth rate, which stood at 9.2% last year, will decelerate to 8.2% in 2012.
IMF Urges Beijing to Prepare Stimulus Shen Hong 2012
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