accelerator : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: accelerator	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for accelerator
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
accelerator n a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" Synonym(s): accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine Synonym(s): accelerator, throttle, throttle valve (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected Synonym(s): catalyst, accelerator Antonym(s): anticatalyst a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles Synonym(s): accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accelerator \Accel"era`tor\, n. One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
accelerator Additional hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal {CPU}. Examples include {graphics accelerator}s and {floating-point accelerator}s. (1994-11-08)