Speed
Meanings and phrases
speed
- distance travelled per unit time; velocity
- a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; swiftness; fastness
- changing location rapidly; speeding; hurrying
- a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression; amphetamine; pep pill; upper
- the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system; focal ratio; f number; stop number
speed
- move fast; rush; hotfoot; hasten; hie; race; pelt along; rush along; cannonball along; bucket along; belt along; step on it
- move faster; accelerate; speed up; quicken
- move very fast; travel rapidly; hurry; zip
- travel at an excessive or illegal velocity
- cause to move faster; accelerate; speed up
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- (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS
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- the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second; speed of light; c
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- a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists); motorcycle cop; motorcycle policeman
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- regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road
- The speed limit on these roads in Switzerland is .
- The speed limit for trains through the tunnel is .
- The A167(M) is subject to a speed limit throughout.
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- the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second; light speed; c
- So, therefore, the speed of light is not constant.
- He now can only travel close to the speed of light.
- It also does not preserve the speed of light c between frames.
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- an ice-skater who races competitively; usually around an oval course; speedskater
- The lawyer's son was an elite level speed skater.
- In his youth, Bjørnsen was a promising speed skater.
- Pegov retired as an elite speed skater in 1985.
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- competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course)
- He started his training in speed skating in 1932.
- She holds 5 national records in speed skating.
- The " was the second indoor speed skating arena in Germany.
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- move faster; accelerate; speed; quicken
- cause to move faster; accelerate; speed
- The key was for the F-4 to keep its speed up.
- And this will speed up the transfer to renewable energy."
- STP and BPDUs help speed up convergence.
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- Range is 160 kilometer and top speed is 140 km/hr.
- "Miner" was capable of sailing at a top speed of .
- She has a top speed of and carries 75 passengers.
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- ICE services pass through this station at high speed.
- Cross goes after Pierce and go on a high speed chase.
- The Pipeline pulls data into the system at high speed.
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- The ship could reach a maximum speed of 15.5 knots.
- The ship could reach a maximum speed of 15 knots.
- The maximum speed is when the steering is locked.
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- The average speed of the actual racing event was .
- Its maximum speed was and the average speed was .
- Furthermore, her average speed was only 11 knots.
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- Parry-Thomas to make bids on the land speed record.
- In 1922 he set a national cycling speed record.
- The official rail speed record in Croatia is .
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- The higher the wind speed the faster the flash.
- Tampa recorded a 5-minute sustained wind speed of on July 31.
- This is 10 times faster than the next-highest-measured wind speed.
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- In 2016, Alexandra competed for Romania in long track speed skating.
- Finally, a couple of hours later, Tembin started picking up track speed.
- Marcel Bosker Marcel Bosker (born 19 January 1997) is a Dutch long track speed skater.
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- Motor vehicle speed limits are measured in kilometres per hour.
- The main roads usually have speed limits of either 100 km/h or .
- On motorways the speed limits are 120 and 100 km/h respectively.
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- Idemitsu then ignored the quotas and produced at full speed.
- The screen refreshes at a full speed of 60 frames per second.
- Downforce of 2.5 times the car's weight can be achieved at full speed.
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- As the officers watched, a red cargo van drove by at a low speed.
- Bombers are vulnerable due to their low speed and poor maneuvrability.
- NeoConnect Lite is a low speed (up to 156 kbit/s) internet connectivity product.
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- total temperature, total enthalpy, total speed of sound).
- For small disturbances where formula_9 is the speed of sound in the medium.
- These missiles travel faster than the speed of sound, usually using ramjet engines.
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- The submarine had a maximum surface speed of and a maximum submerged speed of .
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- Bartosz Konopko Bartosz Konopko (born 6 June 1988) is a Polish short track speed skater.
- Van Doorn was the first Dutch short track speed skater with a victory on a World Cup distance.
- Jong Kwang-bom Jong Kwang-bom (born 29 July 2001) is a North Korean short track speed skater.
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- Line 11 runs at a higher speed of 120 km/h.
- Pan-European Corridor X is going to be upgraded to higher speed sometime in the future.
- In general, the fish body is stiffer, making for higher speed but reduced maneuverability.
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- The ferries have a maximum speed of and a cruising speed of .
- The LST carried of diesel fuel for a range of at the cruising speed of .
- The wings are swept at 31.5 degrees and optimized for a cruising speed of Mach 0.8 ().
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- The 19318/Puri - Indore Humsafar Express has averages speed of 45 km/hr and covers 1602 km in 35 hrs 30 mins.
- The 19317/Indore - Puri Humsafar Express has averages speed of 52 km/hr and covers 1602 km in 30 hrs 45 mins.
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- In 2016, Alexandra competed for Romania in long track speed skating.
- Schulting started with short track speed skating when he was 8 years old, in Thialf, Heerenveen.
- In the 1994 Winter Olympics at Lillehammer; he came 27th in the 1000m short track speed skating.
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- Parry-Thomas to make bids on the land speed record.
- Campbell's 403.1 mph represented the official land speed record.
- Parry-Thomas's attempt for the land speed record at Pendine Sands in 1927.
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- It runs at about the same speed.
- The choice was a 2-6-2T which allowed the same speed in both directions of travel.
- All the equipment on the bus had to talk at the same speed, as it shared a single clock.
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- In this phase, the larva swims with an approximately constant speed.
- Letters are signed at a constant speed; a pause functions as a word divider.
- That is, it will be the same from any frame of reference moving at a constant speed.
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- The tailplane is slotted for slow speed authority.
- PACTOR) can send and receive email at very slow speed.
- The relatively slow speed of AppleTalk allowed further reductions in cost.
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- The selected aperture value and shutter speed are shown in the viewfinder.
- Changing the shutter speed on an un-cocked camera will damage the timing mechanism.
- This system allows the shutter speed to be completely step-less and to adapt to changing light levels.
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- This version went on to break many world speed records.
- Many speed records were set there within months of its opening.
- Five of the speed records remained unbeaten until the F-15 Eagle appeared in 1975.
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- The centrifugal blower ran about 10 times engine speed.
- The hydraulic pressure changed according to engine speed and intake pressure.
- While running on petrol, the engine produced and torque at the same engine speed.
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- Marcel Bosker Marcel Bosker (born 19 January 1997) is a Dutch long track speed skater.
- Bartosz Konopko Bartosz Konopko (born 6 June 1988) is a Polish short track speed skater.
- Annita van Doorn Annita van Doorn (born 26 April 1983) is a Dutch Short track speed skater.
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- Parry-Thomas to make bids on the land speed record.
- Campbell's 403.1 mph represented the official land speed record.
- Parry-Thomas's attempt for the land speed record at Pendine Sands in 1927.
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- The machinery was rated at and gave a design speed of .
- The machinery was rated at , giving a design speed of .
- The design speed for the tracks is 160 km/h.
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- He had great speed as a runner, but did not steal many bases.
- In spite of their great speed, they would have been wasted in a cruising role.
- In Honduras his nickname is "La Bala Ortiz" (the bullet), for its great speed.
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- The maximum speed limit is 30 miles per hour.
- Its maximum speed limit is 90 km/h (55 mph).
- The maximum speed limit on all county highways in Douglas County is .
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- The train has standard ICF rakes with max speed of 110 kmph.
- The AIM-120D max speed is Mach 4 and AIM-120D is a joint USAF/USN project, and is currently in the testing phase.
- The max speed limit is 60 km/h for the section between North 3rd Ring Road and South 3rd Ring Road, and 80 km/h for other sections.
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- The Earth's rotational speed is , and a day corresponds to one period .
- Owing to its rotational speed, it was very fast but very expensive at the time.
- NGC 5084 is a very massive system, with a high rotational speed of about 328 km/s.
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- It has and operates at up to for clock speed.
- The LDOS 5.3 update supports SYSTEM (FAST) to enable the Model 4's 4 MHz clock speed.
- It had a basic clock speed of 150 kHz and consumed about 4000 watts of electric power.
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- This version went on to break many world speed records.
- In 1933 he set a new world speed record for 175 cc motorcycles of 162 km/h.
- In 1955, he set a world speed record of 108.7 miles per hour in Portillo Chile.
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- The Z4 sDrive35is is not available with a 6 speed manual.
- 6 speed manual, automatic and CVT gearboxes are standard.
- These were offered with either a six speed manual or six speed automatic.
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- This increased speed performance in the B.IX alone by .
- Later, an AMOS compiler was developed that further increased speed.
- Nagumo increased speed from 24 to 28 knots upon receiving the sighting.
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- Upon learning the error of their ways, they begin working together and successfully get work back up to speed.
- The safety car was withdrawn after three laps and racing resumed with Asmer leading the field back up to speed.
- They would then start the bedstead tape motor and lamp and, when the tape was up to speed, operate the master start switch.
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- The range, altitude, speed and direction of objects can be specified.
- Anemometer An anemometer is a device used for measuring wind speed and direction.
- Velocity is equivalent to a specification of an object's speed and direction of motion (e.g.
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- The C-17's cruise speed is about (Mach 0.74).
- The Esprit has a cruise speed of .
- Maximum cruise speed is .
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- The Spitfire V had an even more greater speed advantage.
- They are arranged in a curved array, allowing a greater speed of play.
- The shape of its body is fusiform, allowing it greater speed in the water.
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- In 1933 he set a new world speed record for 175 cc motorcycles of 162 km/h.
- In 1955, he set a world speed record of 108.7 miles per hour in Portillo Chile.
- The following month she set a woman's world speed record of in a Curtiss military aircraft.
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- They were often speed metal or thrash metal bands.
- Cranium (band) Cranium is a Swedish speed metal band formed in 1984.
- They were influenced by jazz, hardcore punk, speed metal and country music.
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- The trains in Line 21 reach a maximum service speed of .
- The trains in Line 14 reach a maximum service speed of .
- The engines delivered a combined , giving the ship a service speed of .
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- Droop speed control can also be used by grid storage systems.
- In this way droop speed control mode also helps to hold a stable grid frequency.
- Droop speed control ensures that multiple parallel generators share load changes in proportion to their rating.
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- While economical at speed, the locomotive was highly uneconomical at lower speed.
- Hydraulic diaphragm valves also exist for higher pressure and lower speed operations.
- For high-speed intercept, they are swept back and they swing forward for lower speed flight.
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- The operating speed will be .
- Normal operating speed about 101.2 rpm, giving a fuel consumption of 28 tons per day.
- The Guangzhou Metro city express line, with a 8 cars train has a line operating speed is to .
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- His vehicles were not very successful but his variable speed transmission and muffler were.
- The pumping equipment at Moralane will be upgraded by introduction of a variable speed drive.
- It was a luxury car, had variable speed transmission and reportedly made several cross-country jaunts.
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- "Jun'yō" had a designed speed of , but reached during her sea trials.
- "Ryūjō" had a designed speed of , but reached during her sea trials from .
- The engines produced and "Nelson" reached her designed speed of on her sea trials.
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- Ray also sought to increase the speed of play.
- If the light turns yellow, it is a warning to increase the speed.
- Like all voting machines, DRE systems increase the speed of vote counting.
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- The Japanese Shinkansen high speed rail system is heavily used by commuters in the Greater Tokyo Area.
- The RM8 billion project would slash rail travel time from more than 6 hours by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Ktm) to about 90 minutes by high speed rail.
- Bandra Rajdhani Express The Bandra Rajdhani Express is a semi-high speed rail service linking the Indian cities of Bandra (Mumbai) and New Delhi.
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- Mobile speed cameras were first used in New South Wales in 1991.
- The government of Western Australia started using speed cameras in 1988.
- In June 2018, Golden co-sponsored legislation to eliminate all speed cameras after six months.
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- The line speed is 50km/h to Brookstead, and 30km/h beyond.
- By 1970 the maximum line speed had been raised to 4800 bit/s.
- The maximum line speed is 80 km/h.
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- At most sections, the Federal Route 170 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to
- At most section, the Federal Route 345 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.
- At most section, the Federal Route 225 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, allowing maximum speed limit of up to 90 km/h.
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- Much of the highway has a posted speed limit of .
- The posted speed limit is .
- Both passenger cars and heavy vehicles regularly exceed the posted speed limit of 50 km/h.
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- George began strengthening on September 30 as it decreased its forward speed.
- There was only a single forward speed and no reverse so a gearbox was not used.
- On landing, the aircraft descended too rapidly because of insufficient forward speed, breaking the main-landing-gear on touchdown.
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- Goldsborough held the junior transcontinental air speed record until his death.
- At about altitude, a "flare out" maneuver dropped air speed to about for the landing.
- Subsonic flows are flow fields in which the air speed field is always below the local speed of sound.
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- The tanker reduced speed to 200K IAS, and then to 185K IAS.
- Street running trains generally travel at reduced speed for safety reasons.
- The reduced speed limit is indicated by a set of flashing lights installed in December 2011.
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- The chauffeur had to reduce speed when reaching a narrow part of the road.
- He also has demonstrated the ability to exhibit surprising dexterity and speed when the need arises.
- The diesel engine was capable of moving the locomotive at a slow speed when the gas turbine was not running.
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- It's important to carry speed through it, before spotting a braking point for the final corner.
- This helps it navigate easily while flying at relatively high speed through dense forest foliage.
- With a smooth and compact stroke, his bat speed through the zone is at least average and frequently faster.
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- During sea trials , the refitted ship reached a speed of .
- He reached a speed of 92.12 km/h.
- She reached a speed of during sea trials, when her engines delivered .
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- These were offered with either a six speed manual or six speed automatic.
- In 1992, the 3800 Series I V6 became available with a four speed automatic.
- The Engine was available with a 5 speed manual & 4 speed automatic transmission.
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- A faster pace for most climbers is said to be less strenuous than climbing at their normal speed.
- The creek here is very overgrown, and almost impossible to see while driving at the normal speed limit.
- Some vehicles, such as the Jet Vermilion, take longer than others to decelerate from top boost speed to normal speed, once the boost has been used up.
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- The Japanese Shinkansen high speed rail system is heavily used by commuters in the Greater Tokyo Area.
- The RM8 billion project would slash rail travel time from more than 6 hours by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (Ktm) to about 90 minutes by high speed rail.
- In the case of CLARA, the primary source of this income is the increased land value in areas surrounding the stations along the high speed rail line.