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SLOWING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A decrease in rate of change
Example:
the deceleration of the arms race
Synonyms:
deceleration; retardation; slowing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("slowing" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Derivation:
slow (lose velocity; move more slowly)
slow (become slow or slower)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb slow
Context examples:
The study also confirmed that the flow of West Antarctica’s Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers into the ocean continues to accelerate, though the rate of acceleration is slowing.
(New Study Brings Antarctic Ice Loss Into Sharper Focus, NASA)
The ocean circulation began slowing down about 400 years before the cold snap, but once the climate started changing, temperatures over Greenland plunged quickly by about 6 degrees.
(A new study is the first to measure the time lags between changing ocean currents and major climate shifts., University of Cambridge)
Researchers report a slowing of the rate of decline in the bee population over the past year, dropping to its lowest since 2011-2012.
(Study Finds Mixed News About Bee Populations, VOA)
The third-generation bisphosphonate zoledronic acid binds to hydroxyapatite crystals in the bone matrix, slowing their dissolution and inhibiting the formation and aggregation of these crystals.
(Enteric-Coated Zoledronic Acid Tablet MER-101, NCI Thesaurus)
Estonia has a negative growth rate but the decrease is slowing down.
(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)
This inhibition leads to a decrease in aqueous humor secretion, probably by slowing the formation of bicarbonate ions, and results in a reduction in intraocular pressure.
(Brinzolamide, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers found that intensively controlling a person’s blood pressure was more effective at slowing the accumulation of white matter lesions than standard treatment of high blood pressure.
(Intensive blood pressure control may slow age-related brain damage, National Institutes of Health)
AVN944 appears to have a selective effect on cancer cells in that deprivation of GTP in normal cells results in a temporary slowing of cell growth only.
(AVN944, NCI Thesaurus)
This agent also acts directly on the atrioventricular node to suppress conduction, thereby slowing conduction velocity.
(Digoxin, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include tremor which is most pronounced during rest, muscle rigidity, slowing of the voluntary movements, a tendency to fall back, and a mask-like facial expression.
(Parkinson's Disease, NCI Thesaurus)
