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Plural of accelerator

regular plural

The plural of accelerator is accelerators.

Forms of accelerator

Singularaccelerator /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/
Pluralaccelerators
Countablecountable

Accelerators in a sentence

  • If they had allowed single-character accelerators, Windows wouldn't be able to determine whether the character was input or a shortcut.2002, Davis Howard Chapman, Sams Teach Yourself Visual C++ .NET in 21 Days, page 187
  • These semirelativistic beams, produced by phototriggered electron guns, are also injected into accelerators for x-ray light sources.2016, W. Ronny Huang, Arya Fallahi, Xiaojun Wu, Huseyin Cankaya, Anne-Laure Calendron, Koustuban Ravi, Dongfang Zhang, Emilio A. Nanni…. From the entry phototriggered
  • Others are concerned that “wantrepreneurs” are jumping on the bandwagon, putting early-stage business resources, like accelerators and incubators, under strain.2014 September 13, Cian Traynor, “Start-up Ireland”, in The Irish Times. From the entry wantrepreneur
  • It must not contain waterproofers, integral hardeners, plasticisers, accelerators or other additives because these act as delaminators for resins.1985, The Architects' Journal, volume 181, page 65. From the entry waterproofer
  • As Van de Graaffs and pelletrons are still in much use, a brief statement about the tandem Van de Graaff or pelletron accelerators is useful.2013, Chary Rangacharyulu, Physics of Nuclear Radiations: Concepts, Techniques and Applications, →ISBN. From the entry pelletron

Meaning of accelerator

  1. noun One who, or that which, accelerates.
  2. noun A device for causing acceleration.
  3. noun A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

Full definition of accelerator

Questions about the plural of accelerator

What is the plural of accelerator?
The plural of accelerator is accelerators.
Is accelerator countable?
Accelerator is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accelerator (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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