accelˈerātor noun

Any person or thing that accelerates, esp a substance that accelerates chemical action, a nerve or muscle that increases rate of action, an apparatus or device for increasing the speed of a machine, computer, etc, or one for imparting high energies to atomic particles. Devices for accelerating charged particles include the cyclotron type (for accelerating the heavier particles, such as protons; used in the treatment of cancer), and modifications of this, such as the synchrocyclotron type and the synchrotron type (for accelerating electrons). Other types of accelerators are the proton synchrotron (of which examples are the cosmotron and the bevatron), the betatron (for accelerating electrons; used in medicine and industry), linear accelerators and electron ring accelerators

accelˈeratory adjective

acceleromˈeter noun

An instrument for measuring acceleration of aircraft, etc

accelerated aging test noun (elec eng)

A test for the stability of cables, using twice the normal voltage

accelerated fatigue tests plural noun (engineering)

The repeated application to a machine or component of simulated operating loads to determine its safe fatigue life before it is reached in service

acceleration principle or accelerator principle noun

In Keynesian economic analysis, the relationship between a sustained rise in the sales of an item and the increase in the ordering by firms of the extra factory equipment made necessary by the increased output

accelerator board or accelerator card noun (computing)

An additional circuit board to speed up some aspect of the operation of a computer