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CrazyHorse on 24 August 2009
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JEDE3 said:
kanariya said:

In common speech, the term acceleration commonly is used for an increase in speed (the magnitude of velocity); a decrease in speed is called deceleration.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration

 

We are not writing a MIT thesis so who cares.....

I can think of a few people who'd care.

Seriously, in a gaming forum? I'm a scientist and get annoyed with some common public misconceptions but deceleration is even used in scientific journals.