accelerant

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.

   “Accelerant was poured across the beds where the two daughters of a family in Cheshire, Conn., had been tied before a fire during a home invasion in 2007, a fire investigator told jurors on Friday.”

2. isim A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
3. isim Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.

   “Hello Neighbor’s experience reflects the rise of video sites like YouTube as an accelerant for the video game business.”

4. sıfat Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.