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accelerator

[ak-sel-uh-ray-ter] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪ tər /
NOUN
machine for giving charged particles high velocity
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Another reason is regenerative braking, the process whereby when drivers release the accelerator, the electric car starts to slow down and uses the energy to feed the battery.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

He seeks to continue expanding local jobs, implement accelerator programs to support the development of small businesses and prioritize infrastructure to attract new businesses to the district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Startup accelerator Y Combinator says the lean approach can yield success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"For our experiments, we also rely on PSI's particle accelerator, which generates the world's most intense, continuous muon beams," says Soter.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

He pressed the accelerator and they were traveling again, moving down a dark southern highway, moving, rolling again as they had done so many times before.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Demand could weaken across accelerators, memory, networking and data-center equipment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

The report says AI infrastructure is moving toward a multi-architecture model, in which GPUs and proprietary AI accelerators coexist, increasing demand for advanced interconnect technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

That involves adding "sulphur accelerators, antioxidants, and activators into the material" which "prevents the biodegradation of balloons" and also leaks "toxic chemicals into the environment".

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Standard balloons, made of natural rubber, undergo sulphur vulcanization, with accelerators, activators and other substances added, said the scientists at Imperial.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

On the contrary, there is an extremely wide range of experience—with nuclear accelerators and atomic clocks, for example—in precise quantitative agreement with special relativity.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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