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acceleration | excel |

As a noun acceleration

is acceleration.

As a proper noun excel is

a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by.

acceleration

English

Alternative forms

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Noun

  • (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
  • (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.
  • * (rfdate)
    • A period of social improvement, or of intellectual advancement, contains within itself a principle of acceleration
  • (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
  • The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.

    • Usage notes

    Acceleration in SI units is measured in metres per second per second (m/s2), or in imperial units in feet per second per second (ft/s2).

    Antonyms

    * deceleration, retardation

    See also

    * displacement * velocity * jerk

    References

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    excel

    English

    Verb

    (excell)
  • To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
  • * '>citation
    •     La Rochefoucauld, the French philosopher, said: "If
    you want enemies, excel' your friends; but if you want
    friends, let your friends '''excel''' you."
        Why is that true? Because when our friends '''excel''' us,
    that gives them a feeling of importance; but when we '     excel
    them, that gives them a feeling of inferiority and arouses
    envy and jealousy.
    I excelled everyone else with my exam results.
  • To be much better than others.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 12 , author= , title=International friendly: England 1-0 Spain , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Lescott gave his finest England performance alongside his former Everton team-mate Phil Jagielka, who also excelled despite playing with a fractured toe, while Parker was given a deserved standing ovation when he was substituted late on.}}
  • * 1924 : ARISTOTLE. Metaphysics . Translated by W. D. Ross. Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001. Available at: . Book 1, Part 2.
    • If, then, there is something in what the poets say, and jealousy is natural to the divine power, it would probably occur in this case above all, and all who excelled in this knowledge would be unfortunate.
  • (rare) To exceed, to go beyond
  • * 1674 , Paradise lost, , by Milton
    • She opened; but to shut / Excelled her power: the gates wide open stood
  • * XIX century , , by Emily Dickinson
    • I reason, we could die : / The best vitality / Cannot excel decay; / But what of that?

    References

    * English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs