Increase of speed (12)
I believe the answer is:
acceleration
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">increase of speed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for acceleration that I've seen before include "The increasing of speed" , "Speeding up" , "Rate of increase of speed" , "Speeding-up" .)