sudden acceleration

collocation in English

meaningsofsuddenandacceleration

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sudden
adjective
uk
/ˈsʌd.ən/us
/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
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acceleration
noun
uk
/əkˌsel.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us
/əkˌsel.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the increase in something's speed, or its ability to ...
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(Definition ofsuddenandaccelerationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thesuddenaccelerationof the cores would then occur at the time of current transfer to the cores.
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Thesuddenaccelerationin the pace of merchant migrations after 1880 is not easy to explain.
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Then, at about 16 months, or after learning about 50 words, there is asuddenaccelerationin the rate of word learning.
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Another reason behind thesuddenaccelerationin the demand for gas has been a lack of confidence in oil.
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Is it the muffled sound of tyres in contact with the road, or thesuddenaccelerationof vehicles and the roar of powerful motorcycles?
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On another level—political philosophers might say on a higher level—we are living through asuddenacceleration in humanity's oldest dream: the establishment of lasting peace.
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I am not the first person to have been caught as a victim of thesuddenaccelerationin the tempo of debate after supper.
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That shows that the real effect of increased demand is asuddenaccelerationin land prices rather than in the costs of the construction industry.
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In this war we have jumped the intermediate stages, and inevitably thissuddenaccelerationmakes that change from peace to war conditions more conspicuous and more disturbing.
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What this sudden speed-up has meant is asuddenaccelerationin the declaration of clearance areas and the necessity to announce long-term plans a long way ahead.
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In addition, unexplainedsuddenaccelerationevents were most frequently reported as occurring from low speed or fully stopped.
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However, victims and relatives ofsuddenaccelerationcases are commonly unwilling to suspect involved loved ones, and blame the vehicle instead.
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The resulting unexpectedsuddenaccelerationwould lead to panic, with the driver thinking that the acceleration system had failed.
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Events in 195758 led to asuddenaccelerationin the demands for political emancipation.
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The vibrations are caused bysuddenaccelerationpulses due to thrust oscillations inside the first stage.
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Much of the gas flow observed today seems to stem from asuddenaccelerationthat took place only about 800 years ago.
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Overall fuel and oil consumption was unchanged but visible smoke was greatly reduced onsuddenaccelerationfrom rest.
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With a triaxial accelerometer, the system detectssuddenacceleration, such as when the computer is dropped, and prepares the relatively fragile hard disk drive mechanism for impact.
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