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accelerator (n.)
1610s, "a hastener," from Latin accelerator, agent noun from accelerare "to hasten; make haste" (see accelerate). Motor vehicle sense of "pedal which operates the throttle and thus modulates engine speed" is from 1900; particle physics sense is from 1931.
updated on August 12, 2018
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Definitions of accelerator from WordNet
Dictionary entries near accelerator
accede
accelerando
accelerant
accelerate
acceleration
accelerator
accent
accentual
accentuate
accentuation
accept