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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Acelerador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aseleɾaˈdoɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accelerator/əkˈsɛl.əˌreɪ.tər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O acelerador do carro permite aumentar a velocidade."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A device or mechanism that increases speed or rate.

    "The accelerator in the car allows the driver to increase speed quickly."
  2. 2

    In computing, a component that enhances the performance of a system.

    "The graphics accelerator improved the rendering speed of the video game."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin root 'acceleratus', past participle of 'accelerare' (to hasten), composed of 'ad-' (to) and 'celer' (swift). It entered the English language in the 19th century initially as a mechanical term, later expanding to include particle physics and business incubation contexts.

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