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It results therefore from the principle of inertia that, when a moving body tends to slacken speed from any cause whatever, inertia tends to maintain that speed, since, by its definition, it is opposed to change of movement.
Il résulte donc du principe de l'inertie que lorsqu'un mobile tend à être ralenti par une cause quelconque, l'inertie tend au contraire à maintenir sa vitesse, puisque par définition elle s'oppose au changement de mouvement.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
When the carriage had at last overtaken him Prada told the coachman to slacken speed, and then entered into conversation.
Quand la voiture eut fini par l’atteindre, Prada donna l’ordre au cocher de ralentir, et il engagea la conversation.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
Between Beaugency and Les Aubrais the train seemed to slacken speed, though it still kept up its rhythmical, persistent rumbling, which the deafened pilgrims no longer even heard.
Entre Beaugency et Les Aubrais, le train parut diminuer sa vitesse, roulant sans fin, avec le grondement rythmique, entêté des roues, que les pèlerins étourdis n’entendaient même plus.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
We slacken our pace.
On ralentit le pas.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
The horse had been obliged to slacken its pace, and Pierre, mastered by childish impatience, turned round to look at the city as by degrees it spread out and revealed itself behind him.
Le cheval avait dû ralentir le pas, et Pierre, pris d’une impatience enfantine, se retournait pour voir, à mesure que la ville, derrière lui, s’étendait et se découvrait davantage.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
It is obvious that production must not slacken for an instant if dividends are to be declared on this vast capitalization.
Il serait impossible évidemment de servir des dividendes à une pareille masse de capitaux, si la production se ralentissait un instant.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
He would enlarge the holes in his jacket with his fingers, slacken his step, and sometimes stand talking in front of the door, so as to remain longer in the street.
Il agrandissait les trous de la veste avec les doigts, il ralentissait le pas, se mettait parfois à causer devant la porte, pour rester davantage dans la rue.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Its inertia acts in the phenomena of induction exactly, as has been said above, by opposing itself to change of movement—that is to say, in the converse direction to the cause which tends to produce its slackening or acceleration.
Cette inertie agit dans les phénomènes d'induction exactement comme nous l'avons dit plus haut, en s'opposant au changement du mouvement, c'est-à-dire en sens inverse de la cause qui tend à produire son ralentissement ou son accélération.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
I'm not used to cities, and lounging about Constantinople had slackened my fibre.
Je ne suis pas habitué aux villes – et mon oisiveté à Constantinople avait pour ainsi dire ralenti mon allant.
Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vert
Le prophète au manteau vert
Buchan, John
Greenmantle
Buchan, John
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Matter grows old when the speed of its elements slackens.
Elle vieillit lorsque la vitesse de ses éléments se ralentit.
Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forces
L'évolution des forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, Paris
The evolution of forces
Le Bon, Gustave
© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
There, however, he slackened his speed to recover breath, proceeding even at a quick walk, or a slow trot, along the more difficult parts of the way.
Là, il ralentit sa course pour reprendre haleine, et se contenta de marcher, à grands pas dans les parties qui lui offraient plus de difficultés à surmonter.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
Each forward stride was an enormous effort which slackened in agony.
On accomplissait pour avancer un effort énorme qui, à chaque enjambée, se ralentissait d’une façon angoissante.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
As the dialogue ended, he had got within about three hundred yards of the spring, and still pressed forward without slackening his pace.
À la fin du dialogue précédent, il n'était plus qu'à trois cents yards de la source, et avançait sans ralentir son allure.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
Little by little I slackened my pace, contemplating this joy which lacerated my heart.
Peu à peu, je ralentis le pas, regardant cette joie qui me navrait.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
He thereupon slackened his pace.
Il ralentit encore le pas.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile

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slacken

verb
Basic forms
Pastslackened
Imperativeslacken
Present Participle (Participle I)slackening
Past Participle (Participle II)slackened
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I slackenwe slacken
you slackenyou slacken
he/she/it slackensthey slacken
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am slackeningwe are slackening
you are slackeningyou are slackening
he/she/it is slackeningthey are slackening
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have slackenedwe have slackened
you have slackenedyou have slackened
he/she/it has slackenedthey have slackened
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been slackeningwe have been slackening
you have been slackeningyou have been slackening
he/she/it has been slackeningthey have been slackening
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I slackenedwe slackened
you slackenedyou slackened
he/she/it slackenedthey slackened
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was slackeningwe were slackening
you were slackeningyou were slackening
he/she/it was slackeningthey were slackening
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had slackenedwe had slackened
you had slackenedyou had slackened
he/she/it had slackenedthey had slackened
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been slackeningwe had been slackening
you had been slackeningyou had been slackening
he/she/it had been slackeningthey had been slackening
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will slackenwe shall/will slacken
you will slackenyou will slacken
he/she/it will slackenthey will slacken
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be slackeningwe shall/will be slackening
you will be slackeningyou will be slackening
he/she/it will be slackeningthey will be slackening
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have slackenedwe shall/will have slackened
you will have slackenedyou will have slackened
he/she/it will have slackenedthey will have slackened
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been slackeningwe shall/will have been slackening
you will have been slackeningyou will have been slackening
he/she/it will have been slackeningthey will have been slackening
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would slackenwe should/would slacken
you would slackenyou would slacken
he/she/it would slackenthey would slacken
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be slackeningwe should/would be slackening
you would be slackeningyou would be slackening
he/she/it would be slackeningthey would be slackening
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have slackenedwe should/would have slackened
you would have slackenedyou would have slackened
he/she/it would have slackenedthey would have slackened
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been slackeningwe should/would have been slackening
you would have been slackeningyou would have been slackening
he/she/it would have been slackeningthey would have been slackening
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am slackenedwe are slackened
you are slackenedyou are slackened
he/she/it is slackenedthey are slackened
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being slackenedwe are being slackened
you are being slackenedyou are being slackened
he/she/it is being slackenedthey are being slackened
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been slackenedwe have been slackened
you have been slackenedyou have been slackened
he/she/it has been slackenedthey have been slackened
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was slackenedwe were slackened
you were slackenedyou were slackened
he/she/it was slackenedthey were slackened
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being slackenedwe were being slackened
you were being slackenedyou were being slackened
he/she/it was being slackenedthey were being slackened
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been slackenedwe had been slackened
you had been slackenedyou had been slackened
he/she/it had been slackenedthey had been slackened
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be slackenedwe shall/will be slackened
you will be slackenedyou will be slackened
he/she/it will be slackenedthey will be slackened
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been slackenedwe shall/will have been slackened
you will have been slackenedyou will have been slackened
he/she/it will have been slackenedthey will have been slackened