Accelerator

Quick meaning: Accelerator is a noun meaning One who, or that which, accelerates.

Meaning

One who, or that which, accelerates.

More Meanings

1. A device for causing acceleration.
2. (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
3. (vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
4. (photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
5. (physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
6. (physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
7. (computing) An accelerator key.

Example Sentences

As soon as you get onto the slipway, push the accelerator.

The Second World War is said to have been a great accelerator for many scientific findings.

If they had allowed single-character accelerators, Windows wouldn't be able to determine whether the character was input or a shortcut.

In the nineties, before the accelerator 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.

Word Forms

• accelerators

Synonyms for accelerator

Depending on context, synonyms include gas, throttle, catalyst, gun.

Antonyms for accelerator

Common opposites include anticatalyst.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gun, throttle, gas, catalyst, accelerating, clutch.

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