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acceleration:

Any change in the speed or direction of a moving object. Also, the rate of change of velocity (speed with direction) of an object. The acceleration of a falling body due to the pull of the Earth’s gravity is about 32 feet per second for each second it falls. An accelerometer is a device used to measure acceleration. [Acceleration comes from a Latin word meaning “to speed up.”]