Acceleration

Acceleration (from Latin acceleratio , "acceleration") denotes:

• Acceleration , in physics
• the time difference by which the fixed stars reach their highest position earlier from day to day (culminating); it is 3 minutes 56.6 seconds and is equal to the difference between the mean solar day and sidereal day
• the very slight apparent increase in the moon's orbital time around the earth due to the tides decelerating the earth
• a gradually increasing approach of mechanical clocks, especially with new marine chronometers, see: escapement
• the acceleration of development in adolescents (the opposite of retardation); see: Acceleration (biology)
• Accelerations op.234 (1860), waltz by Johann Strauss (son)
• In the promotion of gifted students, forms of instruction that do justice to the higher learning speed of the gifted

see also :

• Accelerationism

Acceleration:

• Internet Security and Acceleration Server
• DirectX video acceleration
• Writ in Acceleration
• Dresden Laser Acceleration Source
• X-Video Bitstream Acceleration

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.