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accelerator: see particle accelerator particle accelerator, apparatus used in nuclear physics to produce beams of energetic charged particles and to direct them against various targets. Such machines, popularly called atom smashers, are needed to observe objects as small as the atomic nucleus in studies ..... Click the link for more information. . accelerator(1) See Web page acceleration, CDN, download accelerator, graphics accelerator, video accelerator, accelerator board and particle accelerator. accelerator 1. a device for increasing speed, esp a pedal for controlling the fuel intake in a motor vehicle; throttle 2. Physics a machine for increasing the kinetic energy of subatomic particles or atomic nuclei and focusing them on a target 3. Chem a substance that increases the speed of a chemical reaction, esp one that increases the rate of vulcanization of rubber, the rate of development in photography, the rate of setting of synthetic resins, or the rate of setting of concrete; catalyst 4. Economics (in an economy) the relationship between the rate of change in output or sales and the consequent change in the level of investment 5. Anatomy a muscle or nerve that increases the rate of a function
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GXS, a provider of B2B e-commerce solutions, has released
Accounting Package Accelerators (APA), which it says is the first
out-of-the-box service that enables small to medium-sized businesses to
easily integrate e-commerce transactions with popular accounting
software packages. Many physics discoveries of the past century have emerged from
giant particle accelerators costing up to billions of dollars and
sprawling over acres. The economic value proposition of the ACCELERATORs has
allowed the DOI to slash WAN operating costs--as an example, between
Denver and Anchorage, the DOI reduced annual spending by more than
$150K," explained Howard Teicher, vice president, Federal &
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