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self-ac·cel·e·rat·ing | \ ˌself-ik-ˈse-lə-ˌrā-tiŋ 
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\Definition of self-accelerating
: accelerating by oneself or itself especially as a result of previous acceleration
… the tipping point where revitalization feeds on itself, becoming self-sustaining, even self-accelerating.— Storm Cunningham
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The first known use of self-accelerating was in 1859
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