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What does decelerate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word decelerate? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. to reduce the velocity of something
  2. to reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease
  3. (intransitive) to go slower
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They are built to accelerate and decelerate quickly, mainly due to the short distances between stations.
During terrestrial locomotion in a quadruped, the manus pushes against the substrate to decelerate, support, and reaccelerate the body.
As you decelerate, the brakes get noticeably softer in the fraction of a second before the car stops.
Growth in South-East Europe is expected to remain strong but to decelerate somewhat.
Our experiments did not simulate the effects of climate change when spreading rates can be expected to accelerate during wet intervals and decelerate during dry intervals.
Protected by an ablative thermal shield, the probe will decelerate to 400 metres per second.

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