ENGLISH: accelerator - CREOLE: pedal
Overview of noun accelerator
The noun accelerator has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun -- (a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas")
2. (1) accelerator, throttle, throttle valve -- (a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine)
3. catalyst, accelerator -- ((chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected)
4. accelerator, particle accelerator, atom smasher -- (a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles)
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