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acceleration

[ak-sel-uh-rey-shuhn, ik-] / ækˌsɛl əˈreɪ ʃən, ɪk- /


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Britain was pursuing AI acceleration and public trust at once, he said, warning that neglecting either would be problematic.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

He added that the growth acceleration is also stemming from other products including Snowflake Notebooks, a digital notebook that helps users write code and work with data.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

"This could increase estimated peak ground acceleration -- in other words, shaking intensity -- from Cascadia megathrust earthquakes by approximately 9 to 17%," along the coast of northern Oregon, she added.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

“We are seeing broad-based strength across our Data Center portfolio, including strong demand in Connectivity and a significant acceleration in our Custom business beginning in the second half of fiscal 2027.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Because Iris was an unmanned mission, there was no cap on acceleration.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Across the past six seasons, STATSports - a sports technology company Kane has invested in - found his distance covered, high-speed running and accelerations were up 8%, 22% and 42% respectively.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Similar surveys pointed to accelerations in India, Japan and Australia.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 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

Despite the system's complexity, the team found that snowflake accelerations follow an exponential frequency distribution with an exponent of three halves.

From Science Daily Dec. 19, 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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