accelerate
Astronomers reported new evidence to support the theory that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.
Accelerating change in technology has increased our capacity to supply the market with new products and services.
The proposed algorithm works for both non-accelerating and accelerating objects.
The economy is caught in a downward and accelerating spiral.
He describes the scenario of a constantly accelerating observer trailing an object behind them.
What is driving the accelerating wave of mergers?
These cost reductions are sustainable and accelerating, he claims.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
accelerant
accelerate
acceleration
accelerative
brake
catch
catch (someone) up
dampener
foot
gun
non-accelerating
pickup
quicken
retard
retardation
spurt
step on the gasidiom
throttle (something) back/down
upshift
upshifting

Examples of accelerating

accelerating
Accelerating forest succession in a fragmented landscape: the role of birds and perches.
However, the essential theatrical dimension of the accelerating tape delay will have disappeared.
This activity is encouraged by very high accelerating gradients possible inside the plasma.
The contact boundary of gases was accelerated by means of a compression wave, which was generated by an accelerating piston.
This extravagant idea was underpinned by a perception - catalysed by developments in communications technology - that the world was simultaneously shrinking and accelerating.
At the same time, inflation has been accelerating on the periphery of the new currency area.
The generation of accelerating structures in plasmas relies on the excitation of large amplitude plasma waves by a focused ultra-intense laser.
The base tempo of the structure is modulated globally, accelerating from a time base of 1 = 120' to a time base of 1 = 20'.
In the second transition (7:00-7:30), the loop is made from the same accelerating rhythm of the commuter train recorded inside the compartment.
This can only be avoided if the accelerating laser beam is kept 'on-line'.
The final clinical picture can be interpreted as collapse due to hypotension, dehydration and accelerating infection.
In the short term, it undermined efforts at diversification by accelerating the rent-seeking process.
The increasing wavelength of the laser keeps the electron in accelerating phases, which provides extra momentum to the electron.
The spreading of the density profile results in a larger flux of ions accelerating through the sheath and impacting on the wall.
The same thing may happen to you, only sooner since the speed of technological change seems to be accelerating.
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