Definitions For Accelerant
Noun
ACCELERANT (plural ACCELERANTs) (chemistry) Any substance that can bond, mix, or disturb another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process. A substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson (chemistry) A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber (metaphoric) Something that speeds up a process or speeds up the uptake of something.Translations
Finnish: kiihdyte, kiihdyke, kiihdytin Japanese: 促進剤 (そくしんざい, sokushinzai, sc=Jpan) Finnish: polttoaine, kiihdytin Finnish: kiihdytin {{checktrans-top}} Italian: accelerante, mEtymology
First attested in 1854. * accelerate + antSee also
catalystIs Accelerant a Scrabble Word?
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Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
18
The word Accelerant is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends