Definition & Meaning | English word DECELERATES
DECELERATES
Definitions of DECELERATES
- inflection of decelerate
Number of letters
11
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using DECELERATES in a Sentence
- As in ramjets, a scramjet relies on high vehicle speed to compress the incoming air forcefully before combustion (hence ramjet), but whereas a ramjet decelerates the air to subsonic velocities before combustion using shock cones, a scramjet has no shock cone and slows the airflow using shockwaves produced by its ignition source in place of a shock cone.
- Most ricochets are caused by accident and while the force of the deflection decelerates the projectile, it can still be energetic and almost as dangerous as before the deflection.
- The accordion effect in road traffic refers to the typical decelerations and accelerations of a vehicle when the vehicle in front decelerates and accelerates.
- The burble fence acts to stabilize the ballute as it decelerates through different flow regimes, typically descending from faster (even supersonic) flows into subsonic speeds.
- This is done not so much to avoid engine braking per se, but rather to allow a low throttle opening 2-1 downshift as a car decelerates, to avoid a loud (and potentially abrupt) and unnerving jolt as a result of the downshift.
- A serpentine belt with hydraulic tensioner powers the a/c compressor, the water pump, and (via a freewheeling pulley to reduce squeaking when engine decelerates) the alternator.
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