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accelerate | x |

As a verb accelerate

is (label) to cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

As an adjective accelerate

is (rare) accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

accelerate

English

Verb

(accelerat)
  • (label) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
  • (label) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
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  • To cause a change of velocity.
  • (label) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
  • To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
  • (label) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
  • (label) Grow; increase.
  • (label)
  • Synonyms

    * advance * dispatch * expedite * forward * further * hasten * quicken * speed up

    Antonyms

    * decelerate * retard

    Derived terms

    * accelerative * accelerator * accelerated motion * accelerating force

    Adjective

  • (rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
  • * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems , Dialogue 2:
  • ... a general knowledg of the definition of motion, and of the distinction of natural and violent, even and accelerate , and the like, sufficing.

    References

    * English ergative verbs ----

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    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
  • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.
  • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
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  • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----