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  1. noun
    (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

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  2. noun
    a pedal that controls the throttle valve
  3. noun
    a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
  4. noun
    a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
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  • collider an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on
  • injector a contrivance for injecting (e.g., water into the boiler of a steam engine or particles into an accelerator etc.)
  • cyclotron an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
  • microwave linear accelerator linear accelerator that uses microwaves
  • charge-exchange accelerator an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange
  • storage ring container consisting of a set of magnets set in a doughnut-shaped ring around which charged particles from an accelerator can be kept circulating until they are used
  • deuteron the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
  • electron accelerator collider that consists of an accelerator that collides electrons and positrons
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