accelerated

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. speeded up, as of an academic course“in an accelerated program in school”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Accelerate \Ac*cel"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accelerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Accelerating.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See Celerity.]

1.To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of; -- opposed to retard. [1913 Webster]

2.To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of; as, to accelerate the growth of a plant, the increase of wealth, etc. [1913 Webster]

3.To hasten, as the occurence of an event; as, to accelerate our departure. [1913 Webster]

Accelerated motion (Mech.), motion with a continually increasing velocity.

Accelerating force, the force which causes accelerated motion. --Nichol. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To hasten; expedite; quicken; dispatch; forward; advance; further. [1913 Webster]

accelerated \accelerated\ adj.

1.1 caused to move faster

Syn: speeded up [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

2.1 caused to be completed in a shorter than normal time period; speeded up, as of an academic course; He took an accelerated curriculum, and graduated in three years. Opposite of delayed.

Syn: expedited [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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