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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

Self-driving taxis, already booming in the United States and China, are emerging in Europe, with major companies launching trials this year in several capitals and the European Union set to step on the accelerator Monday.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

The accelerator formed through a partnership between a startup builder and investor, Founders Factory, and MSWA, an Australian nonprofit that provides services to patients with neurological conditions and funding to researchers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

A new Australian accelerator aims to help healthcare startups globally advance technologies that could help people with multiple sclerosis and other neurological diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

More precisely, Ernest was racing for money to build an even more powerful accelerator.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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