noun
accelerator; acceleration device
General term for any device that increases speed, such as a vehicle's accelerator or a mechanism that speeds up a process.
この車の加速装置はとてもスムーズだ。
This car's accelerator is very smooth.
noun
particle accelerator
Physics term; synonymous with 加速器. Used for machines that accelerate charged particles to high speeds.
See also: 加速器
加速装置を使って素粒子の研究が行われている。
Research on elementary particles is conducted using a particle accelerator.