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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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“Arm’s strategic move is less about catching up to the accelerator wave and more about inserting itself deeper into the architecture that governs how AI infrastructure actually runs.”

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

In 2024, nearly 4,000 vehicles were recalled for a faulty accelerator pedal that could become dislodged and stuck.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Judge Philip Katz KC told the Old Bailey Jackson had not driven an electric vehicle before and had pressed the accelerator believing it was the brake.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, Japan's T2K project fires a beam 295 kilometers from the J-PARC accelerator in Tokai to the massive Super-Kamiokande detector beneath Mount Ikenoyama.

From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026

Two months later, the commission appropriated $15 million for new accelerator construction, much of it destined for Berkeley.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik