| ACCELERANT | • accelerant n. (Chemistry) Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase… • accelerant n. (Figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else. • accelerant adj. Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating. |
| ACCELERATE | • accelerate v. (Transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of. • accelerate v. (Transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of. • accelerate v. (Transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity. |
| ACCELERABLE | • accelerable adj. Able to be given increased speed; able to be accelerated. • ACCELERABLE adj. that can be accelerated. |
| ACCELERANDO | • accelerando n. (Music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed. • accelerando n. (Music) A passage having this mark. • accelerando n. (By extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing). |
| ACCELERANTS | • accelerants n. Plural of accelerant. • ACCELERANT n. an accelerating agent. |
| ACCELERATED | • accelerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of accelerate. • accelerated adj. Moving or progressing faster than is usual. • accelerated adj. Happening sooner than expected. |
| ACCELERATES | • accelerates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accelerate. • ACCELERATE v. to bring about at an earlier time. |
| ACCELERATOR | • accelerator n. One who, or that which, accelerates. • accelerator n. A device for causing acceleration. • accelerator n. (Chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions. |
| ACCELERANDOS | • accelerandos n. Plural of accelerando. • ACCELERANDO n. a musical piece that gets quicker. |
| ACCELERATING | • accelerating v. Present participle of accelerate. • accelerating n. An act of acceleration. • ACCELERATE v. to bring about at an earlier time. |
| ACCELERATION | • acceleration n. (Uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action;… • acceleration n. (Countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity). • acceleration n. (Physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction). |
| ACCELERATIVE | • accelerative adj. Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening. • ACCELERATIVE adj. tending to cause acceleration, also ACCELERATORY. |
| ACCELERATORS | • accelerators n. Plural of accelerator. • ACCELERATOR n. something that accelerates. |
| ACCELERATORY | • acceleratory adj. Accelerative. • ACCELERATORY adj. tending to cause acceleration, also ACCELERATIVE. |
| ACCELERATIONS | • accelerations n. Plural of acceleration. • ACCELERATION n. the rate at which velocity changes, either by increasing or decreasing. |
| ACCELEROMETER | • accelerometer n. An instrument for measuring acceleration. • accelerometer n. An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations. • ACCELEROMETER n. an instrument for measuring acceleration or vibrations. |
| ACCELERATINGLY | • acceleratingly adv. In an accelerating manner. • ACCELERATING adv. ACCELERATE, to bring about at an earlier time. |
| ACCELEROMETERS | • accelerometers n. Plural of accelerometer. • ACCELEROMETER n. an instrument for measuring acceleration or vibrations. |