🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Acelerador

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aθelaɾaðoɾ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Accelerator/əkˈsɛləˌreɪtər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El acelerador del coche permite aumentar la velocidad."

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

The word 'accelerator' originates from the Latin 'accelerare', meaning 'to hasten', which is derived from 'ad-' (to) and 'celer' (swift). The term evolved in the early 20th century to refer to devices that increase speed or rate of processes.

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