Accelerator
//əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ//
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The word "accelerator" can be used as a noun.
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a device that speeds up computer processing a key which a user can press to activate a menu a pedal used to control a vehicle's speed accelerator card accelerator effect accelerator key accelerator mass spectrometry accelerator nerves accelerator pedal antiaccelerator cardioaccelerator hit the accelerator laser-plasma accelerator nerves that speed up a bodily function other element particle accelerator plasma accelerator plasma wakefield accelerator preaccelerator
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