accelerator
/ɪkˈsel·əˌreɪt̬·ər/, /æk-/ n [C] (also particle accelerator) (SOMETHING THAT INCREASES RATE)Definition
› physics a device used to accelerate very small pieces of nuclear material for scientific experiments
(Definition of accelerator n (SOMETHING THAT INCREASES RATE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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