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v. To decrease the velocity of.

v. To slow down the rate of advancement of: measures intended to decelerate the arms buildup.

verb-intransitive. To decrease in velocity.

v. to reduce the velocity of something

v. to reduce the rate of advancement of something, such as a disease

v. to go slower

verb-intransitive. to reduce speed. Opposite of accelerate.

v. to cause to reduce speed. Opposite of accelerate.

To decrease in velocity: opposed to accelerate.

v. lose velocity; move more slowly

v. reduce the speed of

"In this eWeek podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the vice president of technology for Blue Coat Systems, Dave Asbrey, explains how customers are saving thousands of dollars by using application acceleration technologies to "decelerate" the amount of bandwidth being made available to end users accessing Web 2.0 applications such as YouTube and Facebook on corporate networks."

decelerated    decelerates    decelerating   

deceleration   

slow    slow down    slow up    retard   

accelerate