accel.
Quickening tempo notation
Accel. is an abbreviation for accelerando, a musical direction meaning to gradually increase tempo.
It appears in sheet music to indicate the passage should speed up: The accel. begins at measure 47.
Outside music, accel. occasionally abbreviates accelerate or acceleration in technical contexts.
Directed rate of motion
- forceStrength or compulsion
- momentumProduct of mass, velocity
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- gravityMutual mass attraction
motion · inertia · delta-v · kinematic · vector · mass · Newton · thrust
Power flow controller
- pedalFoot-operated lever
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- revvingIncreasing engine speed
- engineMachine producing motion
horsepower · turbo · boost · torque · speed · racing · flooring · downshift
Rate of musical performance
- paceSpeed of movement
- fasterWith more velocity
- quickeningFirst felt fetal movement
- prestoVery fast tempo
allegro · vivace · crescendo · building · rushing · conductor · movement · passage
velocity
Directed rate of motion
gravity · motion · inertia · delta-v · kinematic · vector · mass · Newton · thrust · speed
throttle
Power flow controller
engine · horsepower · turbo · boost · torque · speed · racing · flooring · downshift · nitro
tempo
Rate of musical performance
- paceSpeed of movement
- fasterWith more velocity
- quickeningFirst felt fetal movement
presto · allegro · vivace · crescendo · building · rushing · conductor · movement · passage · score
startup
New business enterprise
funding · mentorship · pitch · cohort · equity · founders · scaling · growth · bootcamp · entrepreneur
hardware
Metal goods and fittings
- graphicsVisual design elements
- GPUVisual processing hardware
- processingSystematic operation on data
chip · compute · parallel · rendering · encoding · decoding · AI · tensor · coprocessor · neural
accel.ritardando
Gradual tempo decrease
rallentando · morendo · slowing · deceleration · a tempo
- hit the acceleratorPress throttle forcefully
- particle acceleratorDevice speeding subatomic bits
- hardware accelerationUsing dedicated chips for speed
- angular accelerationChange in spinning speed
- acceleration laneRoad segment for gaining speed
- accelerated programShortened educational timeline
accelerate, acceleration, accelerator, accelerando, accelerated, accelerating, accelerative