acceleratory
əˌreɪ adjective
tending to accelerate; increasing the velocity of.
Related forms
non·ac·cel·er·a·tive, adjective
non·ac·cel·er·a·to·ry, adjective
un·ac·cel·er·a·tive, adjective
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accelerate (ækˈsɛləˌreɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to go, occur, or cause to go or occur more quickly; speed up |
| 2. | (tr) to cause to happen sooner than expected |
| 3. | (tr) to increase the velocity of (a body, reaction, etc); cause acceleration |
| [C16: from Latin accelerātus, from accelerāre to go faster, from ad- (intensive) + celerāre to hasten, from celer swift] | |
| ac'celerable | |
| —adj | |
| ac'celerative | |
| —adj | |
| ac'celeratory | |
| —adj | |
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Acceleratory
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| accelerate (ækˈsɛləˌreɪt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to go, occur, or cause to go or occur more quickly; speed up |
| 2. | (tr) to cause to happen sooner than expected |
| 3. | (tr) to increase the velocity of (a body, reaction, etc); cause acceleration |
| [C16: from Latin accelerātus, from accelerāre to go faster, from ad- (intensive) + celerāre to hasten, from celer swift] | |
| ac'celerable | |
| —adj | |
| ac'celerative | |
| —adj | |
| ac'celeratory | |
| —adj | |
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