Definitions for decelerates

decelerates de·cel·er·ate

Spelling: [dee-sel-uh-reyt]
IPA: /diˈsɛl əˌreɪt/

Decelerates is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 718 anagrams from letters in decelerates (acdeeeelrst).

Definitions for decelerates

verb (used with object)

  1. to decrease the velocity of:
  2. to slow the rate of increase of:

verb (used without object)

  1. to slow down:

Origin of decelerates

First recorded in 1895-1900; de- + (ac)celerate

Examples for decelerates

They could decelerate it at a rate of fifteen gravities or more.

"We'll start to decelerate in about ten minutes," O'Brine said.

Every so often comes the impression we are falling head-first; the colonel using ship's drive to decelerate the whole system.

Its motor is designed to decelerate that mass by 1,075 mph in order to allow it to assume a descending orbit.

Copeland worked the jury-rigged controls of the jet, continuing to decelerate.

Arcot accelerated toward the planet for two hours, then began to decelerate.

But by the early 1980s, Gallant's fast-paced life began to decelerate.

They went in fast, using her gravity to help them curve into a forced orbit as they strained to decelerate.

If anything of the right size shows up, decelerate until we can get mass and albedo measurements.

Word Value for decelerates
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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