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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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The LHC is a giant particle accelerator built in a 27km-long circular tunnel under the French-Swiss border.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

The company where Albright works, Harmoni, is housed in a tech accelerator founded in 2018 with state funds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The accelerator chips from the likes of SpaceX or Alphabet are designed to perform specific tasks with high efficiency, in addition to the computing that Nvidia chips can handle.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Qualcomm announced two chip-based accelerator cards and data-center racks in October as part of a plan to release multiple generations of data-center AI inference products on an annual cadence.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

I clenched the steering wheel and hit the accelerator.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez




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