Deceleration means the object is slowing down. It is acceleration in the direction opposite to the motion.
In calculations, deceleration can be represented as a negative acceleration (if the initial direction is taken as positive). A car decelerating at 3 m/s loses 3 m/s of speed every second.
On a speed-time graph, deceleration appears as a line with a negative gradient (sloping downward).
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