accelerator

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Noun

accelerator (plural accelerators) Often used adjectivally

1. One who, or that which, accelerates.
2. A device for causing acceleration.
3. A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
4. An accelerator pedal.

Synonyms

• gas pedal (American for accelator pedal)

Derived terms

• accelerator pedal, (automotive): a pedal used to control a vehicle's speed
• accelerator nerves, (physiology): nerves that speed up a bodily function
• accelerator card, (computers): a device that speeds up computer processing
• accelerator key, (computers): a key which a user can press to activate the menu or menu item
• particle accelerator

Translations

one who, or that which, accelerates

Bulgarian: ускорител (bg) Finnish: kiihdyttäjä (fi) French: accélérateur (fr) m. German: Beschleuniger (de) m.

Macedonian: забрзувач (mk) (zab'rzuvač) m. Russian: ускоритель (ru) (uskorítel') m. Spanish: acelerador (es) m.

a device for causing acceleration

Bulgarian: ускорител (bg) Dutch: versneller (nl) m. Finnish: kiihdytin (fi) French: accélérateur (fr) m. German: Beschleuniger (de) m. Interlingua: accelerator

Macedonian: забрзувач (mk) (zab'rzuvač) m. Portuguese: acelerador (pt) Russian: ускоритель (ru) (uskorítel') m. Spanish: acelerador (es) m. Swedish: accelerator (sv) c.

a substance which speeds up chemical reactions

Bulgarian: катализатор (bg) Dutch: katalysator (nl) m. Finnish: katalyytti (fi), kiihdytin (fi) German: Beschleuniger (de) m., Katalysator (de) m.

Macedonian: катализатор (mk) (katalizátor) m. Russian: катализатор (ru) (katalizátor) m. Swedish: accelerator (sv) c.

accelerator pedal

Bulgarian: педал за газта (bg) Dutch: gaspedaal (nl) n. Finnish: kaasupoljin (fi) French: accélérateur (fr) m. German: Gaspedal (de) n. Hungarian: gázpedál (hu) Italian: acceleratore (it)

Macedonian: педал за гас (mk) (pédal za gas) m. Norwegian: gasspedal (no) Russian: педаль газа (ru) (pedál' gáza) f., газ (ru) (gaz) m., акселератор (ru) (akselerátor) m. Spanish: acelerador (es) m., (colloquial, Chile) chala (es) f., chancla (es) f. (Costa Rica), chancleta (es) f. (Colombia), chola (es) f. (Venezuela) Swedish: gaspedal (sv) c.

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Latin

Verb

accelerātor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of accelerō
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of accelerō

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Swedish

Noun

accelerator c.

1. (chemistry) accelerator; a substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
2. (physics) accelerator; a device which accelerates different kinds of particles to large velocities

Declension

Declension of accelerator

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	accelerator	acceleratorn	acceleratorer	acceleratorerna
genitive	accelerators	acceleratorns	acceleratorers	acceleratorernas