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Definition of Accelerant
1. Noun. (context: chemistry) Any substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. ¹
2. Noun. A substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson ¹
3. Noun. (context: chemistry) A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accelerant
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Accelerant
1. 1. Anything that increases rapidity of action or function. 2. In physiology, a nerve, muscle, or substance that quickens movement or response. 3. A catalytic agent used to hasten a chemical reaction. 4. In nuclear physics, a device that accelerates charged particles (e.g., protons) to high speed in order to produce nuclear reactions in a target, often for the production of radionuclides or for radiation therapy. Synonym: accelerant. Origin: L. Accelerans, pres. P. Of ac-celero, to hasten, fr. Celer, swift (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accelerant
Literary usage of Accelerant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Cleveland Foundation Survey Committee, National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) (1918)
"GRADE DISTRIBUTION OF THE accelerant AND RETARDANT PUPILS In a group composed of
all the pupils of the upper four grades of two public elementary and two ..."
2. Poems of Human Progress, and Other Pieces: Including One Hundred and Fifteen by James Harcourt West (1914)
"MISCELLANEOUS accelerant i For evil or for good we live each day; accelerant the
good or ill speeds on. Brothers and sisters! ere earth's hours be gone What ..."
3. The Evolution of Sex by Patrick Geddes, John Arthur Thomson (1908)
"But it is here desirable to emphasise, that just as we admit the importance of
sexual selection as a minor accelerant in the differentiation of the sexes, ..."
4. The FBI Laboratory: An Investigation Into Laboratory Practices and Alleged by Michael R. Bromwich (1998)
"Whitehurst observed that the Chemistry-Toxicology Unit (CTU) had responsibility
for conducting such accelerant analyses. Whitehurst speculated that if ..."
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