accelerant

See also: accélérant

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1854.
• accelerate +‎ -ant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əkˈsɛləɹənt/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

accelerant (plural accelerants)

1. (chemistry) Any substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.
2. A substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson
3. (chemistry) A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber
4. (figurative) Something that speeds up a process or speeds up the uptake of something.
   • 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire, “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Skinner can be credited with pouring lots of accelerant on pop in his time. In his absence, Caribbean-derived UK bass music became the de facto sound of British youth.

Translations

substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance

• Finnish: kiihdyte, kiihdyke, kiihdytin (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 促進剤 (そくしんざい, sokushinzai)

substance that accelerates the devolpment of a fire

• Finnish: polttoaine (fi), kiihdytin (fi)
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substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber

• Finnish: kiihdytin (fi)
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• Italian: accelerante (it) m
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See also

• catalyst

References

• “accelerant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Catalan

Verb

accelerant

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) accelerant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of accelerō