Moving or progressing faster than is usual. / Happening sooner than expected.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accelerate

plural of acceleration

plural of accelerator

Able to be given increased speed; able to be accelerated.

Of, pertaining to, or caused by acceleration

plural of accelerating

A device that accelerates electrically charged particles to extremely high speeds, for the purpose of inducing high energy reactions or producing high energy radiation.

(classical mechanics) The rate of change of angular velocity, often represented by α.

(physics) A particle accelerator that uses plasma as the medium of the accelerating field instead of a vacuum, to obtain a larger accelerating gradient.