Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

great acceleration

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables
great ac-cel-er-a-tion
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The continuous and roughly simultaneous surge in growth rate across a large range of measures of human activity, first recorded in the mid-20th century.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

the Great Acceleration (canonical)

Questions

What does great acceleration mean?
The continuous and roughly simultaneous surge in growth rate across a large range of measures of human activity, first recorded in the mid-20th century.

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