accelerate
verb (used with object)
to cause faster or greater activity, development, progress, advancement, etc., in.
self-accelerating
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a word derived from
accelerate.
Example Sentences
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In the study, Mittleman and his colleagues introduce the concept of self-accelerating beams.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2024
That’s pretty exciting, the self-accelerating nature of giving knowledge to people who have the ability to crack it and turn it into new inventions and ideas.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2015
The new technologies may be self-accelerating, but they are not self-determining.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are self-accelerating; that is, the products of their own processes enable them to develop ever more rapidly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Proponents of technological determinism make a strong case for letting self-accelerating technologies follow their own life cycle.
From Time Magazine Archive
