Acceleration, in physics, is the rate at which the velocity of a body changes over time.
Acceleration may also refer to: Acceleration (biology), the speeding up of some part of embryonic development, a form of heterochrony Acceleration (differential geometry), the rate of change of velocity of a curve with respect to a given linear connection Acceleration (human), in developmental biology Acceleration (law), a shortening of the time period in which something is to take place Academic acceleration, the rapid advancement of students Cardiotocographic acceleration, an apparent abrupt increase in fetal heart rate Vehicular acceleration, usually controlled by a throttle such as an accelerator pedal in a car The sensation of a change in speed Series acceleration, in mathematics, a sequence transformation for improving the rate of convergence of a series Acceleration (album) Acceleration (film), 2019 American action film
Accelerations Waltz (1860) by Johann Strauß Uskorenie, a slogan used by Mikhail Gorbachev that translates to acceleration In systems thinking and social sciences Accelerating change, the exponential nature of the rate of technological change in recent history Accelerationism, critical and social theory Social acceleration See also Accelerate (disambiguation) Accelerator (disambiguation)