accelerant
pronunciation
How to pronounce accelerant in British English:
UK [æk'selərənt]
How to pronounce accelerant in American English:
US [æk'selərənt]
Word Origin
- accelerant (n.)
- 1854, from Latin accelerantem (nominative accelerans), present participle of accelerare "to hasten, quicken" (see accelerate). As an adjective from 1890.
Example
- 1. Mr. quelch : first of all , china 's pace of expansion has outrun the speed with which managers can experientially develop themselves , and so our role is to be an accelerant .
- 2. They kept pouring accelerant onto my years of despair by telling me I had an ' ongoing disability ' and needed to ' lower my horizons ' .
- 3. Any sign of an accelerant ?
- 4. Chemical accelerant could mean chemistry student .
- 5. Investigators also found evidence of an accelerant , and determined that turner 's ankles had been packed with newspapers and other flammable materials .