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tabanid(dictionary)

acceleration (iou) and tabanid (medicine)


acceleration (iou)



acceleration noun. L15.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin acceleratio(n-), formed as ACCELERATE: see -ATION.]
The action of accelerating; the state or condition of being accelerated. L15.
b. Increased speed. M16.
c. Of a vehicle: ability to gain speed. E20.
The extent to which anything is accelerated; the rate of change of velocity per unit time. M17.

tabanid (medicine)


tabanid


Common name for flies of the family Tabanidae.

Origin: L. Tabanus, gadfly