decelerations
Rates of slowing
Decelerations are instances of slowing down—reductions in speed or rate of change.
The term appears in physics and engineering contexts: The spacecraft underwent several decelerations before landing.
In obstetrics, fetal heart rate decelerations are temporary drops that doctors monitor during labor as potential signs of distress.
Reduction in pace
- downturnEconomic decline period
- contractionReduction in size
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
recession · tapering · softening · easing · pullback · plateau
Reducing speed deliberately
- slowdownsReductions in speed
- trafficMovement along routes
- coastingMoving without active effort
- downshiftingLowering gear or pace
tailgating · congestion · signal · freeway · highway · merge · gridlock · approach
Directed rate of motion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- forceStrength or compulsion
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
drag · resistance · gravitational · mass · motion · vector · displacement · Newton
Abnormally slow heart rate
- earlyOccurring before expected
- lateNot on time
- variableProne to fluctuation
- contractionsShortened word forms
monitoring · obstetric · labor · uterine · baseline · recovery
slowdown
Reduction in pace
- downturnEconomic decline period
- contractionReduction in size
- coolingLosing thermal energy
stagnation · recession · tapering · softening · easing · pullback · plateau
braking
Reducing speed deliberately
downshifting · tailgating · congestion · signal · freeway · highway · merge · gridlock · approach · caution
velocity
Directed rate of motion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- forceStrength or compulsion
- frictionResistance between touching surfaces
inertia · drag · resistance · gravitational · mass · motion · vector · displacement · Newton · dynamics
bradycardia
Abnormally slow heart rate
contractions · monitoring · obstetric · labor · uterine · baseline · recovery
- fetal heartvariability, bradycardia, tachycardia, accelerations, arrhythmia
- Fetal Monitoringfetal monitor, fetal heart rate, fetoscope, external monitor, tracing
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
decelerationsaccelerations
Velocity change rates
speed-ups · speedups · quickenings · escalations · intensifications