rapid acceleration

collocation in English

meaningsofrapidandacceleration

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rapid
adjective
uk
/ˈræp.ɪd/us
/ˈræp.ɪd/
fast ...
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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 ofrapidandaccelerationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This dip develops in a region where the ions experiencerapidaccelerationdue to an abrupt increase in the electric field.
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Thus, in practice, a brush unit would experiencerapidaccelerationand deceleration, which is not the case in these tests.
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This dip develops in a region of self- similar flow, where the ions experience arapidaccelerationdue to an abrupt increase in the electric field.
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Nelson (1973) suggested that not all children demonstrate a period ofrapidacceleration.
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Individual growth curves were analysed in order to verify the presence of a vocabulary spurt and the type of lexical items which contributed most torapidaccelerationin vocabulary growth.
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There is a qualification to be made regarding the pollution from vehicles in congested areas, which is that frequent stopping and starting andrapidaccelerationgreatly add to emission rates.
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Perhaps the metacognitive skill is not necessary for the interpretation of unfamiliar words - a notion consistent with therapidaccelerationof lexical development observed during early childhood.
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Further, it carries within it the seeds of an even morerapidaccelerationthan has been seen in the last ten years.
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All the reliable indicators point to a veryrapidaccelerationin the growth of local authority expenditure.
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Rapidaccelerationand ease pf reversing at terminals are very real advantages.
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Both of these countries are now in a period of relativelyrapidacceleration.
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Arapidaccelerationand deceleration of the head can force the brain to move back and forth across the inside of the skull.
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There is no need, there, for arapidaccelerationfrom zero to 60 miles per hour in under 10 seconds.
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I have seen it widely suggested that it could only be preserved by arapidaccelerationof our reconstruction policy at home.
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Rapidacceleration, which some of our colleagues on the continent want, would be a dangerous course to pursue at this stage.
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There has been arapidaccelerationin the number of closures in the last few months.
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I want to see arapidaccelerationof the whole programme.
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It is remarkable to see therapidaccelerationand acceptance of the chiropratic profession within the health profession.
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There has been nothing so far which could be described as arapidacceleration.
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What is wanted is not deceleration butrapidacceleration.
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