accelerator
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
he stepped on the gas
Types & categories
- treadle hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- throttle derivation
- accelerate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
Types & categories
- valve hypernym
Parts & wholes
- fuel system part holonym
Related & opposite
- throttle derivation
- accelerate derivation
Sense 3 noun
(chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
Types & categories
- activator hypernym
- biocatalyst hyponym
- enzyme hyponym
- platinum black hyponym
Related & opposite
- anticatalyst antonym
- catalyze derivation
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 4 noun
a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
Types & categories
- scientific instrument hypernym
- betatron hyponym
- charge-exchange accelerator hyponym
- Cockcroft and Walton accelerator hyponym
- collider hyponym
- cyclotron hyponym
- linear accelerator hyponym
Parts & wholes
- storage ring part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | accelerate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | airplane |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | car |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | treadle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | throttle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | accelerate |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | fuel system |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | valve |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | anticatalyst |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catalyze |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | activator |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | biocatalyst |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | enzyme |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | platinum black |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | storage ring |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | scientific instrument |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | betatron |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | charge-exchange accelerator |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | Cockcroft and Walton accelerator |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | collider |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cyclotron |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | linear accelerator |