acc.

Noun

accusative (plural accusatives)

1. The accusative case.
2. A word inflected in the accusative case.
   • 65 mošu tat̰ ās nōit̮ darəγəm yat̰ . . ‘quickly it (tat̰) happened, it (was) not long till . . . — drūm avantəm airištəm: according to Bartholomae IF. 12. 146 the author of this part was led to use accusatives here (instead of nominatives) by the preceding sentence yezi ǰum frapayeni.1911, Hans Reichelt, Avesta Reader: Texts, Notes, Glossary and Index, Strassburg [Strasbourg]: Verlag von Karl J. Trübner, page 105

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Noun

acceleration (countable and uncountable, plural accelerations)

1. (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
   • A falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity.
2. (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
   • The boosters produce an acceleration of 20 metres per second per second.
3. The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
4. The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.