Found 3 hits - Term: accelerated, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accelerate \accel"erate\, v. t. imp. p. p. accelerated;
p. pr. vb. n. accelerating. l. acceleratus, p. p. of
accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. see
celerity.
1. to cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add
to the speed of; -- opposed to retard.
1913 webster
2. to quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process
of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase
of wealth, etc.
1913 webster
3. to hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate
our departure.
1913 webster
accelerated motion mech., motion with a continually
increasing velocity.
accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated
motion. --nichol.
1913 webster
syn: to hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward;
advance; further.
1913 webster
see also:
accelerated accelerating celerity retard accelerated motion accelerating force
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
accelerated \accelerated\ adj.
1. 1 caused to move faster
syn: speeded up
wordnet 1.5 +pjc
2. 1 caused to be completed in a shorter than normal time
period; speeded up, as of an academic course; he took an
accelerated curriculum, and graduated in three years.
opposite of delayed.
syn: expedited
wordnet 1.5 +pjc
see also:
delayed
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
accelerated
adj 1: caused to go more rapidly syn: speeded up
2: speeded up, as of an academic course; "in an accelerated
program in school"
see also:
speeded up
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