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accelerant.

Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/əkˈsɛləɹ(ə)nt/Received-Pronunciation/æk-/Received-Pronunciation/əkˈsɛləɹənt/General-American/æk-/General-American
  1. Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.

  2. Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.

  3. Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs).

adj/əkˈsɛləɹ(ə)nt/Received-Pronunciation/æk-/Received-Pronunciation/əkˈsɛləɹənt/General-American/æk-/General-American
  1. Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.

Where this word comes from

From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs).

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