What is negative acceleration?

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The rate of change of velocity of moving body with time, is called acceleration.
The rate of change of velocity of a moving body with time, when the velocity is decreasing, is called negative acceleration.
Negative acceleration is commonly referred to as retardation or de-acceleration or deceleration.

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