From en.wiktionary.org:
[slowdown]
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1. [en] To decelerate .
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1967
|author=w:Barbara Sleigh |title=w:Jessamy |year_published=1993
|location=Sevenoaks, Kent |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=0 340 19547 9 |page=7
|url= |passage=When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train SLOWED
DOWN for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] To reduce the velocity , speed , or tempo of something.
3. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2013-06-01 | volume=407 | issue=8838
|page=13 (Technology Quarterly)|magazine=w:The Economist |title=Ideas coming
down the track (see
http://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21578516-transport-new-train-technologies-are-less-visible-and-spread-less-quickly)
|passage=A “moving platform” scheme[...]is more technologically ambitious than
maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails.[...]This set-up
solves several problems […]. Stopping high-speed trains wastes energy and
time, so why not simply SLOW them DOWN enough for a moving platform to pull
alongside?}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] To become less intense , enthusiastic , etc., usually with a positive connotation , implying that one is stripped of exaggerated or unnecessary eagerness .
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{{col3|en |slow-down<pos:n> |[en], slowing-down time }}
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[to reduce speed]
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