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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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That makes them about seven orders of magnitude, or 10 million times, more energetic than particles accelerated inside the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The accelerator will help the company gain access to more patients interested in the technology, which can help them live more independently, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 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 enterprise software company recorded a profit of $2.11 billion as it pushes its artificial intelligence tools as a growth accelerator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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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