Bible Dictionaries
Acceleration

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as, a falling body moves toward the earth with an acceleration of velocity; - opposed to retardation.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Acceleration'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/acceleration.html. 1828.