Word Finder - speeds

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The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity.

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How does Usain Bolt run at that speed?

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The rate of motion or action, specifically / the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.

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Speed limits provide information to the drivers about the safe speed to travel in average conditions.

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The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.

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The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).

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The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.

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The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.

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Amphetamine or any amphetamine-based drug (especially methamphetamine) used as a stimulant, especially illegally.

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Luck, success, prosperity.

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Personal preference.

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We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.

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A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.

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To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.

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To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.

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God speed, until we meet again.

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To go fast.

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The Ferrari was speeding along the road.

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To exceed the speed limit.

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Why do you speed when the road is so icy?

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To increase the rate at which something occurs.

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To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.

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To be expedient.

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To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.

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To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.

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To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.

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To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.

For speeds over six knots a 14-second glass is employed, and the speed indicated by the log-line is doubled.

Again, low speeds, light stock, less stringent requirements as to continuous brakes, signals, block-working and interlocking, road-crossings, stations, &c., tend to cheapness in working.

In this case electricity was to be the motive-power, and speeds exceeding ioo m.

Such trains, therefore, range in weight from 600 to 1800 tons or even more, and the journey speeds from terminus to terminus, including stops, vary from 15 to 30 m.

Hittorf (1853) to the unequal speeds with which he supposed the two opposite ions to travel.

Steam at high pressure exhausting into the atmosphere is still commonly used, but the great power required for raising heavy loads from deep pits at high speeds has brought the question of fuel economy into prominence, and more economical types of the two-cylinder tandem compound class with high initial steam pressure, superheating and condensing, have come in to some extent where the amount of work to be done is sufficient to justify their high initial cost.

Several stars appear to have speeds exceeding Ioo m.

The agreement between the observed and calculated values of the critical speeds was in most cases quite remarkable.

Speeds can be regulated to a nicety for each separate machine, and any machine can be set in motion by pressing a button.

The obstacles are (I) the smallness of the waves, and (2) the changes which occur at speeds too rapid for the eye to follow.

There is, however, another reason why wings should be made to vibrate at high speeds.

A common arrangement for driving a lathe spindle, in either direction at several definite speeds, is to provide a countershaft on which are mounted two fixed pulleys and two loose pulleys to accommodate two driving belts from the main shaft, one of which is open and the other crossed.

Since the two circular streams have different speeds, Fresnel argued that it would be possible to separate them by oblique refraction, and though the divergence is small, since the difference of their refractive indices in the case of quartz is only about o 00007, he succeeded by a suitable arrangement of alternately rightand left-handed prisms of quartz in resolving a plane-polarized stream into two distinct circularly polarized streams. A similar arrangement was used by Ernst v.

Instead of science proceeding at the slow speed of time, the only limit on its progress will be processor speed—and those two speeds hardly can be compared.

Constant use, increased friction (m o r e especially at high speeds), and damage to the rotator will alter an ascertained log error; head or following seas, strong winds, currents and tidal streams also FIG.

The resistance at starting is greater than the running resistance at moderate speeds.

These rise 'Two screws, of different pitch, are provided, to give different speeds.

It measured broadband speeds from the end-user perspective with its measurement tool.

An extremely absorbent terry diaper, with a fold out booster, which speeds up drying time.

These products use rate adaption for both the downstream and upstream speeds.

On unrestricted German autobahns, death rates are continuing to fall, despite gradually increasing speeds.

They demonstrate how to design a one-dimensional cellular automaton that supports infinite families of signals of different speeds.

Mailbox SDSL is the big brother of ADSL, providing symmetric bandwidth up to speeds of 2Mbps.

The uplink is at dial-up speeds, 56k baud so sending large attachments could be a problem.

This is further boosted by 3G broadband 's improved peak download speeds of around 1.4Mbps and upload speeds of up to 384 Kbps.

Added an optional disk cache of merged PDF forms - speeds up the initial display of these forms.

If you wish, you can use calculated feeds and speeds but you must look up and enter the relevant data.

Scheme to force external control of vehicle speeds will cause road carnage.

Tom Shelley reports Particles fired in a plasma at supersonic speeds are producing metal matrix composites of superior properties at surprisingly modest cost.

Smart Wizard performance dashboard, a graphical gage that tracks the throughput of the adapter, lets you monitor network speeds.

Our aim is to understand how these reactions take place and how they control the speeds of mineral dissolution and precipitation.

The XB also features a downdraft Ram Air intake that increases airflow and power at high speeds.

These engines tend to run at high piston speeds to achieve maximum efficiency.

Suitable for cars running 6 volt electrics, where starter motor cranking speeds require an engine to turn over with minimal drag.

It is associated with relativistic electrons or cosmic ray electrons, so named because they travel at speeds comparable with that of light.

It is thought that the growth factor speeds up the movement of cells into the wounds.

The fastest creature on earth is thought to be the peregrine falcon can reach speeds of over 150 mph in a dive.

In addition, the STAR collaboration observed that the collision fireball expanded violently, at supersonic speeds.

Reducing vehicle speeds Work is required to develop harmonized standards for Intelligent Speed Adaptation systems with the aim of eventual universal fitment.

Even at low speeds, having your child in an incorrectly fitted seat could increase their risk of injury.

The benefits include reduced friction, cooling, impact resistance at higher chain speeds.

Mini roundabouts, in common with some other traffic calming features such as contraflow gateways may help reduce vehicle speeds.

It is also diuretic and speeds the elimination of toxins, which makes it valuable for treating gout.

If they are so incompetent at negotiating a speed hump; just how safe are they at high speeds?

Funny, we thought speed humps were supposed to reduce speeds.

Two of them would use proven interferometers, one having already detected absolute speeds.

Unfortunately, on the first night at T1 speeds, I got a rather irate phone call from my up stream provider.

We also manufacture electric karts capable of speeds up to 100 mph.

The disk can and does maneuver at high speeds and appears to have had stealth qualities all along.

The skin friction of the missile at those speeds at those altitudes would melt any metals or nonmetals available.