English Dictionary

accelerator

IPA（発音記号）

/ək.ˈsɛl.ə.ˌɹeɪ.tɚ/

名詞

歴史的

One who, or that which, accelerates. / A device for causing acceleration. / (chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

日本語の意味

加速作用を持つ者、または装置（例：運動や反応を加速させる） / 加速装置：物体やプロセスの速度を増すための機器 / 化学触媒として、化学反応の進行を速める物質

The accelerator increased the speed of the particle beam during the experiment.

実験中、粒子ビームの速度を高めたのは加速装置だった。

意味（1）

One who, or that which, accelerates.

The Second World War is said to have been a great accelerator for many scientific findings.

意味（2）

A device for causing acceleration.

意味（3）

(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.

意味（4）

(vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.

As soon as you get onto the slipway, push the accelerator.

意味（5）

(photography) A chemical that reduces development time.

意味（6）

(physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.

意味（7）

(physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.

意味（8）

(computing) An accelerator key.

If they had allowed single-character accelerators, Windows wouldn't be able to determine whether the character was input or a shortcut.

意味（9）

(computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.

意味（10）

(historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.

accelerators （ plural ）