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The operation speed of the pump is accelerated.

English translation: the operating speed is increased

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English term or phrase:the operation speed is accelerated
Selected answer:the operating speed is increased
Entered by: Tony M

05:42 Aug 25, 2016
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general)
English term or phrase: The operation speed of the pump is accelerated.
Is it appropriate to say " the speed is accelerated"?
I think that "speed" is not an object to be accelerated.
Is it appropriate to say that " The operation speed of the pump is increased"
casesam
Japan
increased
Explanation:
Yes, you are right — speed and acceleration (= rate of change of speed) are not the same thing!

You might say 'the pump operation is accelerated', which would be OK in non-technical language, but not really suitable for a more formal technical register.

Otherwise, 'increase the speed' is perfectly OK

Note I would personally prefer 'operating speed' — though unless any other kind of speed is possible for this particular pump, I would even be inclined to simply leave out 'operating' altogether — what else can a pump do except 'operate'?!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 15:30
Grading comment
Thank you for the suggestion!! I also feel that
"the pump operating speed is increased" is really appropriate.
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Tony M


  

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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the operation speed of the pump is accelerated.
increased


Explanation:
Yes, you are right — speed and acceleration (= rate of change of speed) are not the same thing!

You might say 'the pump operation is accelerated', which would be OK in non-technical language, but not really suitable for a more formal technical register.

Otherwise, 'increase the speed' is perfectly OK

Note I would personally prefer 'operating speed' — though unless any other kind of speed is possible for this particular pump, I would even be inclined to simply leave out 'operating' altogether — what else can a pump do except 'operate'?!

Tony M
France
Local time: 15:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 75
Grading comment
Thank you for the suggestion!! I also feel that
"the pump operating speed is increased" is really appropriate.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil!
agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Yasutomo-san!
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
4 hrs
  -> Merci, J-C ! :-)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tina!
agree  Jörgen Slet
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Jörgen!
agree  B D Finch: "Operation" is wrong IMO and should be "operating" or "operational", depending upon context; though I prefer your suggestion of omitting it.
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Thanks, B! :-)
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