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accelerator
  1. One who, or that which, accelerates.
  2. A device for causing acceleration.
  3. (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
  4. (vehicles) An accelerator pedal.
  5. (photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
  6. (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles.
  7. (physiology) A muscle or nerve that speed the performance of an action.
  8. (computing) accelerator key
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “The scientists at the research facility are working tirelessly to construct a powerful accelerator that can propel charged particles to incredible velocities.”
      “He stopped speaking suddenly when Carl jammed the van into reverse gear and slammed his foot down on the accelerator pedal.”
      “Our study underscores the importance of elastin fragmentation in the vessel wall as an accelerator of atherosclerosis.”
acceleration
  1. (uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
  2. (countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
  3. (physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
  4. The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “An acceleration in heart rate has been observed in the subject.”
      “The acceleration of population growth in the more developed regions has generated a significant number of studies.”
      “I hope it will be the vehicle for acceleration in improvements in the railway system.”
accelerant
  1. (chemistry) Any substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.
  2. A substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson
  3. (chemistry) A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber
  4. Examples:
    1. “They confirmed that a man entered the second-hand shop at around 1pm and sprayed an accelerant, believed to be petrol, around before igniting it.”
      “And so there's an accelerant effect for information flowing through the network.”
      “We have identified traces of an accelerant used within the living accommodation doorway which funnelled upstairs.”
accelerating
  1. An act of acceleration.
accel
  1. (colloquial) acceleration
accelerations
  1. plural of acceleration
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “As a result, both angular and vertical accelerations experienced by the body were translated directly to the head.”
      “Two ideally synchronized clocks need not stay in synchrony if they undergo different accelerations or different gravitational forces.”
      “Additional accelerometers can measure the vehicle's linear accelerations and angular acceleration about the spin axis.”
acceleratings
  1. plural of accelerating
accelerators
  1. plural of accelerator
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Today, the city is bursting with incubators and accelerators, and events for startups.”
      “Not only do condensed matter physicists use accelerators, but particle physicists use superconductors and solid-state detectors.”
      “The increase in the performance of graphics accelerators frees additional CPU cycles that can be used for real-time physical world modeling.”
accelerants
  1. plural of accelerant
  2. Examples:
    1. “Teenagers are often injured from illicit activities involving accelerants, such as petrol, or electrocution.”
      “Note that the patient has used liberal amounts of hair gel, hair spray, and perfume, all of which act as fuel and accelerants for a fire.”
      “During the siege he set off a fire extinguisher and told the police he had accelerants.”
accels
  1. plural of accel
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