self-accelerating
adjective
(alsoselfaccelerating)uk/ˌself.əkˈsel.ə.reɪ.tɪŋ/us/ˌself.əkˈsel.ɚ.eɪ.t̬ɪŋ/A self-acceleratingaction,process, orsystemgetsfasterby itself. :
Thevirusunderminestheimmuneresponse,favouringviralspreadin a self-acceleratingmanner.
Newprocessescutin andmultiplyanearliertrend, at whichpointclimatechangebecomesself-accelerating.
- Not only was there unrealizedpotentialin thepopulation, but it wouldbecomeself-accelerating.
- Aviolentself-acceleratingprocesstakesplace, with themagmarapidlyblowingitself up into afrothofgasandliquidrockandblastingitself out of thevent.
Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
- accelerant
- accelerate
- accelerating
- acceleration
- catch
- catch(someone)up
- dampener
- downshift
- foot
- gas
- gun
- non-accelerating
- quicken
- retard
- retardation
- slacken
- slow
- throttle(something)back/down
- upshift
- upshifting