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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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Qualcomm announced two chip-based accelerator cards and data-center racks in October as part of a plan to release multiple generations of data-center AI inference products on an annual cadence.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Analysis showed he touched the accelerator just before the impact.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Instead, we turned to synchrotron light, a powerful form of high-intensity x-rays produced at specialized particle accelerator facilities.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

“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

Instead, army engineers arrived unexpectedly on November 24 with sledgehammers and blowtorches and reduced his precious accelerator to scrap.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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