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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

They are also looking for a place where they can safely smash the accelerator pedal into the floorboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

From his honeymoon cabin on Long Island Sound, he wired his graduate student Jim Brady to help Livingston bombard a lithium crystal in the eleven-inch accelerator.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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