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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 enterprise software company recorded a profit of $2.11 billion as it pushes its artificial intelligence tools as a growth accelerator.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Raytheon Company, a maker of radio tubes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had applied for a patent on a machine that sounded suspiciously like his spiral accelerator.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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