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accelerator

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English

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Etymology

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  • First attested in 1611.
  • (motor vehicle): First attested in 1900.
  • accelerate +‎-or

Pronunciation

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  • (US)IPA(key): /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/,/ækˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/,/ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/

Noun

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accelerator (pluralaccelerators)

  1. One who, or that which,accelerates.
    The Second World War is said to have been a greataccelerator for many scientific findings.
  2. Adevice for causingacceleration.
  3. (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
  4. (vehicles) Apedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
    As soon as you get onto the slipway, push theaccelerator.
  5. (photography) Achemical that reducesdevelopment time.
  6. (physics) A device that accelerates chargedsubatomicparticles; aparticle accelerator.
  7. (physiology, medicine) Amuscle ornerve that speeds the performance of an action.
  8. (computing) Anaccelerator key.
    • 2002, Davis Howard Chapman,Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ .NET in 21 Days, page187:
      If they had allowed single-characteraccelerators, Windows wouldn't be able to determine whether the character was input or a shortcut.
  9. (computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
  10. (historical) A lightvan to takemails between apost office and arailway station.
  11. (business) A mentoring program forstartup companies.
    • 2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, inThe New Yorker‎[1]:
      In the nineties, before theaccelerator era, startups were usually launched by mid-career engineers or repeat entrepreneurs, who sought millions in venture capital and then labored in secret on something complicated that took years to launch.

Synonyms

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(accelerator pedal):

(accelerates subatomic particles):

Derived terms

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Translations

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one who, or that which, accelerates
device for causing acceleration
substance which speeds up chemical reactions
accelerator pedal
photography: chemical that reduces development time
physics: device that accelerates charged particles—see alsoparticle accelerator
physiology, medical: muscle or nerve that accelerates an action
computing: accelerator key—seeaccelerator key
historical: light van
program for startup companies

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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accelerātor

  1. second/third-personsingularfuturepassiveimperative ofaccelerō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchaccélérateur. Equivalent toaccelera +‎-tor.

Adjective

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accelerator m orn (feminine singularacceleratoare,masculine pluralacceleratori,feminine and neuter pluralacceleratoare)

  1. accelerative

Declension

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Declension ofaccelerator
singularplural
masculineneuterfemininemasculineneuterfeminine
nominative-
accusative		indefiniteacceleratoracceleratoareacceleratoriacceleratoare
definiteacceleratorulacceleratoareaacceleratoriiacceleratoarele
genitive-
dative		indefiniteacceleratoracceleratoareacceleratoriacceleratoare
definiteacceleratoruluiacceleratoareiacceleratoriloracceleratoarelor

Swedish

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SwedishWikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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accelerator c

  1. (physics) anaccelerator (device that accelerates various particles to high velocities)
  2. (chemistry) anaccelerator (substance that speeds up chemical reactions)

Declension

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Declension ofaccelerator
nominativegenitive
singularindefiniteacceleratoraccelerators
definiteacceleratornacceleratorns
pluralindefiniteacceleratoreracceleratorers
definiteacceleratorernaacceleratorernas

Related terms

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References

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