different between acceleration vs escalation

English

Alternative forms

• acc.
• a.

Etymology

First attested in 1531. From French accélération or more likely directly from Latin acceler?ti? (“a hastening, acceleration”). Equivalent to accelerate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?ks?l?r?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /?k.?s?l.?.??e?.??n/, /æk.?s?l.?.??e?.??n/, /?k.?s?l.?.??e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

acceleration (countable and uncountable, plural accelerations)

1. (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.

2. (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
3. (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
4. 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

• (act or state, amount): deceleration, retardation

Translations

See also

• displacement
• velocity
• jerk

References

Interlingua

Noun

acceleration (plural accelerationes)

1. acceleration

Swedish

Etymology

accelerera +? -tion

Noun

acceleration c

1. acceleration; a change in velocity

Declension

English

Etymology

From escalate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

escalation (countable and uncountable, plural escalations)

1. an increase or rise, especially one to counteract a perceived discrepancy
2. a deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict
3. (customer support) The reassignment of a difficult customer problem to someone whose job is dedicated to handling such cases.

Derived terms

• escalation dominance
• escalation plan
• horizontal escalation
• vertical escalation

Related terms

• de-escalation

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English escalation.

Noun

escalation f (invariable)

1. escalation (all senses)

Anagrams

• anelastico