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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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“It would be like driving with one foot on the accelerator and one on the brake—not good,” she added.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

In 2024, nearly 4,000 vehicles were recalled for a faulty accelerator pedal that could become dislodged and stuck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Last October Apple announced the M5 chip, embedding a neural accelerator in every GPU core.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

At the facility, a synchrotron particle accelerator generated an intense X ray beam capable of scanning many specimens quickly.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Laying aside the article, he sketched out a linear accelerator to drive protons to a million volts, the first major step toward satisfying Ernest Rutherford’s demand for 10 million volts.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik