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Definition of Accelerating
1. accelerate [v] - See also: accelerate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accelerating
Literary usage of Accelerating
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1843)
"ON THE SELF-accelerating ELECTRON BY S. ASHAUER Communicated by PAM DIRAC ...
This case gives the self-accelerating motion; the velocity of the electron ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1868)
"Influence which the force of the lymph-stream from the heart exerts in accelerating
and promoting the flow of blood in the Caudal Vein. ..."
3. The Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy: And Their Application by John Henry Pratt (1842)
"In the first case we shall call the force Finite decelerating Force: in the
second, Impulsive accelerating Force. We shall, however, generally drop the term ..."
4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"vehicle to the nearest station, which may be miles time in accelerating, and
reaches speed with a cur- away. rent consumption little if any above the nonnal ..."
5. Alcoholic Fermentation by Arthur Harden (1914)
"CHAPTER V. ACTION OF SOME INHIBITING AND accelerating AGENTS ON THE ENZYMES OF
YEAST-JUICE. ONE of the most interesting and at the same time most difficult ..."
6. The Balancing of Engines by William Ernest Dalby (1902)
"Whatever be the instantaneous value of the accelerating force, its action on the
reciprocating masses necessarily involves the action of an equal and ..."
7. A Treatise on the Theory of Screws by Robert Stanwell Ball (1900)
"The accelerating Screw-chain. When the mass-chain has forsaken the ... When <£
and d are indefinitely close, then p is the accelerating screw-chain. ..."
8. Physics for Technical Students by William Ballantyne Anderson (1914)
"Imagine the masses now to be considered, to be perfectly free to move on a level
frictionless surface, and let the accelerating force be horizontal. ..."
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