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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a decrease in rate of change;
- Example: "the deceleration of the arms race"
[syn: deceleration, slowing, retardation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Slow \Slow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slowing.] To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

slowing n 1: a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race" [syn: deceleration, slowing, retardation] [ant: acceleration]