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accelerative, a.|ækˈsɛlərətɪv|
[f. accelerate v. + -ive; as if ad. L. *accelerātīvus.]
Pertaining or tending to acceleration; quickening; adding to velocity.
1751Blake Steam-Eng. Cyl. in Phil. Trans. XLVII. 198 Till friction..shall equal the accelerative force. 1839Carlyle Chartism vi. 145 Democracy makes rapid progress..in a perilous accelerative ratio. 1862Mrs. Speid Last Years in India 14 Three second-class passengers, to whose minds the firing of the signal gun had carried no accelerative convictions, were left behind. |