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accelerator

[ak-sel-uh-rey-ter] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
machine for giving charged particles high velocity
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They are also looking for a place where they can safely smash the accelerator pedal into the floorboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Or the 14 miles of tunnels that were dug for a giant particle accelerator in Texas, only for Congress to pull the plug.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“Our Smartstack platform is central to this new architecture, transforming the grid into an accelerator for compute,” Fluence Energy CEO Jeff Monday said in the media release.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

The LHC is a giant particle accelerator built in a 27km-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss border.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Ron put his foot on the accelerator and drove them upward again, but as he did so, the engine began to whine.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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