accelerator
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Having the lower limit means drivers are forced to do more 'lift and coast' - when they lift off the accelerator and let the car run before braking for a corner.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The team produced the arsenic-73 using FRIB's ReA accelerator, which they operated in a standalone configuration rather than relying on the main linear accelerator.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
“It would be like driving with one foot on the accelerator and one on the brake—not good,” she added.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
“It would be like driving with one foot on the accelerator and one on the brake.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The insight, which would be implemented in an accelerator known as the synchrotron, was a breakthrough on a par with Lawrence’s own recognition of the cyclotron principle.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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