acceleration
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A feature of Brook's knock was his measured acceleration.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
He anticipates a rapid acceleration of product development and deployment in robotics over the coming 12 to 24 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
But most importantly, in Musk’s eyes, at least, the car can be equipped with SpaceX-designed gas thrusters that boost acceleration and, yes, produce bursts of flight.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
This was a notable acceleration from 3.4 percent in August, in one of the last major economic reports before the November 3 vote.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Back on track with full acceleration," Johanssen said.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Similar surveys pointed to accelerations in India and Japan, though private sector growth lost momentum in Australia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
It included the dates of 640 trips, their start and end times, the distance driven and an accounting of any speeding, hard braking or sharp accelerations.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Inertial measurement unit data is processed to determine hard braking, hard accelerations and hard turns and GPS data.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 29, 2024
Some of Dr Wyss-Coray's earlier work suggests the biological ageing process is not steady but comes in bursts, with some rapid accelerations in people's mid-30s, early-60s and late-70s.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
We are comfortable with accelerations of 1 g; we have grown up with 1 g.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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