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speed
Found in thesaurus: rate, pace, motion, move, movement, ratio, drug of abuse, street drug, excitant, stimulant, stimulant drug, go, travel, locomote, intensify, deepen, qualify, modify
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speed
v.
cause to move quickly; accelerate; expedite, further; hurry, move quickly; drive faster than the legal speed limit; wish Godspeed to; succeed (Archaic)
n.
quickness; velocity; numerical indication of the sensitivity of film (Photography); transmission gear in a motor vehicle; amphetamine (Slang); something which appeals to a person (Slang)
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Speed
In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed of an object is the magnitude of its velocity (the rate of change of its position); it is thus a scalar quantity. The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the distance travelled by the object divided by the duration of the interval; the instantaneous speed is the limit of the average speed as the duration of the time interval approaches zero.
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Speed (disambiguation)
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speed
Noun
1. distance travelled per unit time
(synonym) velocity
(hypernym) rate
(hyponym) airspeed
2. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
(synonym) swiftness, fastness
(hypernym) pace, rate
(hyponym) haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation
(attribute) fast
(derivation) travel rapidly, hurry, zip
3. changing location rapidly
(synonym) speeding, hurrying
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(hyponym) acceleration, quickening, speedup
(derivation) travel rapidly, hurry, zip
4. the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
(synonym) focal ratio, f number, stop number
(hypernym) ratio
5. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
(synonym) amphetamine, pep pill, upper
(hypernym) stimulant, stimulant drug
(hyponym) amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine sulphate
Verb
1. step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
(synonym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) barge, thrust ahead, push forward
(see-also) accelerate, speed up, quicken
(derivation) velocity
2. move faster; "The car accelerated"
(synonym) accelerate, speed up, quicken
(hypernym) intensify, deepen
(hyponym) brisk, brisk up, brisken
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
3. travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding"
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
4. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
(synonym) travel rapidly, hurry, zip
(hypernym) travel, go, move, locomote
(hyponym) flit, flutter, fleet, dart
(see-also) accelerate, speed up, quicken
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
5. cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"
(synonym) accelerate, speed up
(hypernym) modify, qualify
(derivation) speeding, hurrying
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speed
nm.
speed, quickness; velocity
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speed
v.
uhánět; frčet; letět; překročit povolenou rychlost; zrychlit (se)
n.
rychlost
