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accelerators

accelerators is the plural of accelerator.

Meaning of accelerator

Noun

accelerator (plural accelerators)

  1. One who, or that which, accelerates.
    • The Second World War is said to have been a great accelerator for many scientific findings.
  2. A device for causing acceleration.
  3. A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
  4. A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
    • As soon as you get onto the slipway, push the accelerator.
  5. A chemical that reduces development time.
  6. A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.

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Phrases with accelerators

Questions about accelerators

What is accelerators the plural of?
Accelerators is the plural of accelerator.

Words near accelerators in the dictionary

  1. accelerator effect
  2. accelerator effects
  3. accelerator key
  4. accelerator keys
  5. accelerator mass spectrometry
  6. accelerators
  7. acceleratory
  8. accelerin
  9. accelero-
  10. accelerogram
  11. accelerograms

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