celer-
(Latin: fast, speed, swift, rapid)
Compare this element with brady- for words with opposite meanings.
A substance that is used to intensify a fire.
accelerate (ak SEL uh rayt"), accelerate; accelerated; accelerating (verbs)
1. To cause anything in motion or process to go or to move faster; to speed up: "To avoid being hit by the truck from behind, he had to accelerate his car."
2. To cause to happen sooner; hasten: "Resting often accelerates a person’s recovery from an illness."
3. To change the speed or velocity of a moving object: "The car accelerated down the highway."
2. To cause to happen sooner; hasten: "Resting often accelerates a person’s recovery from an illness."
3. To change the speed or velocity of a moving object: "The car accelerated down the highway."
accelerate, exhilarate
accelerate, verb (AK SEL uh rayt") (verb)
1. To cause anything in motion or process to go or move faster; to speed up: "To avoid being hit by the truck, Harvey had to accelerate his car."
2. To cause to happen sooner; to hasten: "Resting will often accelerate a person’s recovery from an illness."
2. To cause to happen sooner; to hasten: "Resting will often accelerate a person’s recovery from an illness."
exhilarate, verb (ig ZIL uh rayt") (verb)
To cause someone to feel very happy and excited: "Knowing that their daughter, Bernice, has passed her exam will certainly exhilarate the parents."
When Darren will accelerate his car on the highway, the rush of air through the window will serve to exhilarate him; however, he needs to remember that excessive speed can also accelerate the process of getting a speeding ticket.
accelerated (adjective)
1. A reference to something that is moved increasingly faster, or which causes something to move faster.
2. A descriptive term for something that has happened or developed faster, or that which was pushed to happen or to develop faster.
2. A descriptive term for something that has happened or developed faster, or that which was pushed to happen or to develop faster.
A rapid ventricular rhythm, approximately 60 to 110 beats per minute: "Accelerated idioventricular rhythm usually results from premature beats or an escape rhythm generated by the slowing of the sinus pacemaker or acceleration of a ventricular pacemaker."
1. The rate at which something increases in velocity.
2. An increase in the rate at which something happens or develops.
2. An increase in the rate at which something happens or develops.
accelerative (adjective)
Tending to increase velocity or speed.
1. A pedal or other device to make something go faster, to speed up, or to quicken the pace: "The car suddenly lunged into a tree when he stepped too hard on the accelerator."
2. A machine used to increase the velocity, and hence the kinetic energy, of subatomic particles or nuclei, usually in preparation for collision with a target.
2. A machine used to increase the velocity, and hence the kinetic energy, of subatomic particles or nuclei, usually in preparation for collision with a target.
accelerator, exhilarator
accelerator (ak SEL ur ay" tur) (noun)
A pedal or other device to make something go faster, to speed up, quicken the pace: "Claude suddenly stepped too hard on the accelerator of his car and ran it into a tree."
exhilarator (eg ZIL uh ray" tur) (noun)
That which cheers up, enlivens, stimulates, and delights: "The manager of the hotel told Jim and Jane that it would be a real exhilarator if they were to go for a walk in the beautiful woods nearby and get some fresh air."
Stepping on the accelerator and moving at great speed is often an exhilarator to people; that is, until they get caught in a speed trap.
acceleratory (adjective)
Tending to increase velocity or speed.
1. A record, or graph, of the acceleration of tremors occurring in an earthquake.
2. A tracing produced by an accelerograph (an apparatus for recording the succession of pressures developed in a power-chamber by the combustion of a charge.
2. A tracing produced by an accelerograph (an apparatus for recording the succession of pressures developed in a power-chamber by the combustion of a charge.
1. An apparatus for recording the succession of pressures developed in a power-chamber by the combustion of a charge.
2. Instruments that show, and record, the speed of tremors occurring in an earthquake.
2. Instruments that show, and record, the speed of tremors occurring in an earthquake.
1. An instrument or device for measuring acceleration or speed.
2. Instruments used for determining the speed of a moving body or for measuring mechanical vibrations.
2. Instruments used for determining the speed of a moving body or for measuring mechanical vibrations.
A fast runner; swift footed.
Showing page 1 out of 2 pages of 21 main-word entries or main-word-entry groups.