accelerative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of accelerative
First recorded in 1745–55; accelerate + -ive
Example Sentences
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There’s a sense of all the anger and frustration coursing through the paint, an accelerative thrust that feels impatient, as if time is running out.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2022
In the movement towards the poles this energy would therefore be applied to the system in the form of energy of rotation, and would produce a definite accelerative effect.
From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by James Weir
A moment's consideration shows that such progressive activity denotes an accelerative attitude on the part of the organism towards the transfer of energy into the organic material system.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
The one principle—the accelerative law which is the law of the organic—urges all alike onward to development, reproduction and death.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
Organism and accelerative absorption of energy, 79; and economy, 109-111; and periodic rigour of the environment, 94,95.
From The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly
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