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Definition: Speed |
SpeedNoun1. Distance travelled per unit time. 2. A rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed". 3. Changing location rapidly. 4. The ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system. 5. A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression. Verb1. Step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street". 2. Move faster; "The car accelerated". 3. Travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding". 4. Move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed". 5. Cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "speed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SPEED Early system on LGP-30. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Aerospace | Rate of motion.Rate of motion in a straight line is called linear speed, whereas change of direction per unit time is called angular speed. Speed and velocity are often used interchangeably although some authorities maintain that velocity should be used only for the vector quantity. (references) |
Finance | The estimated rate at which mortgagors pay off their loans ahead of schedule, critical in assessing the value of mortgage pass-through securities. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A tool used by technical analysts to measure the speed of price increase or decrease within a trend. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Speed A great punster, the servingman of Valentine, one of the Two Gentlemen of Verona. Launce is the serving-man of Proteus, the other gentleman. (Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Medicine | A common "street" name for amphetamines (primarily Methedrine) and, sometimes, certain other stimulant drugs. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The length of belt, chain, cable, or other linkage which passes a fixed point within a given time. It is usually expressed in terms of feet per minute. In the case of the rolling chain conveyor, the load is moved at a rate double the chain speed. In screw conveyors, the speed is expressed in terms of revolutions per minute and the speed at which the material is conveyed is dependent upon speed, pitch of the screw, type of flight,angle of inclination, nature of material, etc. (references) |
Physics | The time rate of change of position. It can be expressed, e. g. , in centimetres per second(cm/s), or in metres per minute(m/min), or in feet per second(ft/s, f. p. s. ). Source: European Union. (references) |
| The sensitivity S is equal to the quotient Ko/Ka where Ko = 1mGy and Ka is the air kerma free-in-air for the net density D = 1. 0, measured in the film plane:S = Ko/Ka. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Speed is the rate of motion expressed as distance moved per unit time. Speed is a scalar; the equivalent vector quantity is known as velocity.
Units of speed include:
1 m.s-1 = 3.6 km.h-1
- metre per second (symbol m.s-1), the SI derived unit
- kilometre per hour, km.h-1
- mile per hour
- knot (nautical miles per hour)
- Mach, where Mach 1 is the speed of sound; Mach n is n times as fast.
1 mph = 1.609 km.h-1 1 knot = 1.852 km.h-1 = 0.514 m.s-1. Mach 1 = ca. 1200 km.h-1 = ca. 330 m.s-1; Speed is also:
- slang for amphetamines
- an American film: see Speed (movie).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Speed."
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Speed is a film starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock (her breakout role), and Dennis Hopper.Written by Graham Yost, the story is about an Los Angeles police officer (Reeves) who has to stop a insane bomber/extortionist (Hopper) who has rigged a bomb on a public transit bus. The bomb has multiple triggers, including one that will detonate if the bus goes slower than 50 mi/h (80 km/h). The cop and a young woman (Bullock) struggle to keep the bus moving at an acceptable speed despite the congested traffic of the city while the police search for the bomber.
There is a sequel, Speed 2: Cruise Control, which is set on a cruise ship. Sandra Bullock reprises her role.
The Speed movies were parodied by the Father Ted episode "Speed 3", in which Father Dougal McGuire is trapped on a milk float with a bomb that will detonate if the float goes slower than 4 mi/h (6.4 km/h).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Speed (movie)."
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Speed is a city located in Phillips County, Kansas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 44.Geography
Speed is located at 39°40'37" North, 99°25'13" West (39.676825, -99.420214)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 44 people, 18 households, and 12 families residing in the city. The population density is 113.3/km² (301.2/mi²). There are 27 housing units at an average density of 69.5/km² (184.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 2.27% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 18 households out of which 38.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% are married couples living together, 5.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% are non-families. 27.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.44 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 109.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 128.6 males. The median income for a household in the city is $45,625, and the median income for a family is $51,250. Males have a median income of $27,083 versus $26,250 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,031. 2.0% of the population and 0.0% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Speed, Kansas."
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Speed is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 70.Geography
Speed is located at 35°58'12" North, 77°26'39" West (35.969978, -77.444081)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²). 0.7 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 70 people, 28 households, and 15 families residing in the town. The population density is 96.5/km² (247.3/mi²). There are 60 housing units at an average density of 82.7/km² (212.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 51.43% White, 45.71% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 2.86% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 2.86% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 28 households out of which 21.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% are married couples living together, 0.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 42.9% are non-families. 42.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 25.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.50 and the average family size is 3.50. In the town the population is spread out with 20.0% under the age of 18, 2.9% from 18 to 24, 25.7% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 47 years. For every 100 females there are 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 107.4 males. The median income for a household in the town is $25,938, and the median income for a family is $46,875. Males have a median income of $33,333 versus $36,250 for females. The per capita income for the town is $17,079. 26.9% of the population and 22.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 0.0% are under the age of 18 and 46.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Speed, North Carolina."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Velocity is a vector measurement of the rate and direction of motion. The scalar absolute value (magnitude) of velocity is speed. Velocity can also be defined as rate of change of displacement.
In both mechanics the average speed v of an object moving a distance d during a time interval t is described by the simple formula:
The instantaneous velocity vector v of an object whose position at time t is given by x(t) can be computed as the derivative
- v = d/t.
Acceleration is the change of an object's velocity over time. The average acceleration of a of an object whose speed changes from vi to vf during a time interval t is given by:
- v = dx/dt.
The instantaneous acceleration vector a of an object whose position at time t is given by x(t) is
- a = (vf - vi)/t.
The final velocity vf of an object which starts with velocity vi and then accelerates at constant acceleration a for a period of time t is:
- a = d2x/(dt)2
The average velocity of an object undergoing constant acceleration is (vf + vi)/2. To find the displacement d of such an accelerating object during a time interval t, substitute this expression into the first formula to get:
- vf = vi + at
When only the object's initial velocity is known, the expression
- d = t(vf + vi)/2
can be used. These basic equations for final velocity and displacement can be combined to form an equation that is independent of time:
- d = vit + (at2)/2
The above equations are valid for both classical mechanics and special relativity. Where classical mechanics and special relativity differ is in how different observers would describe the same situation. In particular, in classical mechanics, all observers agree on the value of 't' and the transformation rules for position create a situation in which all non-accelerating observers would describe the acceleration of an object with the same values. Neither is true for special relativity.
- vf2 = vi2 + 2ad
The kinetic energy (movement energy) of a moving object is linear with both its mass and the square of its velocity:
The kinetic energy is a scalar quantity.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Velocity."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SPEED | English | Systematic Plotting and Evaluation of Enumerated Data | N/A |
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Synonyms: SpeedSynonyms: amphetamine (n), f number (n), fastness (n), focal ratio (n), hurrying (n), pep pill (n), speeding (n), stop number (n), swiftness (n), upper (n), velocity (n), accelerate (v), belt along (v), bucket along (v), cannonball along (v), hasten (v), hie (v), hotfoot (v), hurry (v), pelt along (v), quicken (v), race (v), rush (v), rush along (v), speed up (v), travel rapidly (v), zip (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: decelerate (v), linger (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Verb: be active; Adjective: busy oneself in; stir, stir about, stir one's stumps; bestir oneself, rouse oneself; speed, hasten, peg away, lay about one, bustle, fuss; raise up, kick up a dust; push; make a push, make a fuss, make a stir; go ahead, push forward; fight one's way, elbow one's way; make progress; toll; (labor); plod, persist; (persevere) a; keep up the ball, keep the pot boiling. |
Aid | Expedite, speed, quicken, hasten. |
Haste | Noun: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; Adjective: impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter. |
Intemperance | Bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot, hemp, grass; opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin; LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide; phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP; barbiturates; amphetamines, speed. |
Success | Noun: success, successfulness; speed; advance; (progress). |
Velocity | Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground. |
Noun: velocity, speed, celerity; swiftness; Adjective: rapidity, eagle speed; expedition; (activity); pernicity; acceleration; haste. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Men have emptied entire clips at them and hit nothing but air, yet their strength and their speed are still based in a world that is built on rules (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.) Four? That seems like an aweful lot of speed to give one little pooch (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) Burn rubber does not mean warp speed! (The Lost Boys; writing credit: Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer, and James Jeremias.) Prepare ship for light speed! (Spaceballs; writing credit: Mel Brooks and Ronny Graham.) | |
Lyrics | I need your love, I need your love, God speed your love to me. ("Unchained Melody"; performing artist: Al Hibbler) With grooves so funky, they come with a Speed Stick (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) Don't let that speed limit slow you down (Run; performing artist: George Strait) No more speed, I’m almost there (Radar Love; performing artist: Golden Earring) You got the rhythm, you got the speed (Once Bitten Twice Shy; performing artist: Great White) | |
Clever | Once over the hill, you pick up speed. (references; author: unknown) Speed is life. Altitude is life insurance. (references; author: unknown) Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks. (references; author: unknown) If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights? (references; author: unknown) When riding a dead horse (government), try harnessing several dead horses together to increase the speed. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Speed Buggy (1973) Slow Down! Speed Up! (1967) High Speed Flights: Part I (1959) Speed Crazy (1959) | |
Song Titles | Speed Racer (performing artist: Speed Racer) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Talking Head" by Hassan Sedaghat. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info on how the parameters affect the speed. |  | "Velocity Field for a Stream" by Tom Tredon. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A (one river bank), B (the other river bank), or C (the speed of the stream). Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info. |
 | High Speed Civil Transport. Credit: NASA. |  | 16 Foot High Speed Tunnel. Credit: NASA. |
 | Test Section of High Speed Tunnel. Credit: NASA. |  | As two NASA spacecraft speed toward a mid-year rendezvous with Mars, astronomers using the ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Erosion - ironically below a sign stating boat speed limit to minimize wake and erosion. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Checking speed and distance towed sensor in Bongo nets after a tow. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Wind speed display at 3,000 feet relative to eye of Hurricane Greta. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Vertical wind speed at 3,000 feet relative to eye of Hurricane Greta. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
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| "Speed I." by Janza@bluewin.ch Commentary: "160+ km/h." | "Speed of Light" by Travis Cripps Commentary: "Golden Gate Bridge, taken with Nikon Coolpix 4500." |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Two motorcycles racing at high speed. | | Air travel at high speed as heard from the cockpit of an airplane. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Augustus Caesar | More haste, less speed. |
Bayard Taylor | From the desert I come to thee, On a stallion shod with fire; And the winds are left behind In the speed of my desire. |
Charles M. Schultz | Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed. |
Edward Young | Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed. |
Herodotus | Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed. |
Mcilyar H. Lichliter | Our spiritual peril is the new idolatry -- the worship of the God of Bigness and the God of Speed. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. |
Virgil | Good speed to your youthful valor, boy! So shall you scale the stars! |
William Ellery Channing | Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Nay more, in proportion as the use of machinery and division of labour increases, in the same proportion the burden of toil also increases, whether by prolongation of the working hours, by increase of the work exacted in a given time or by increased speed of the machinery, etc. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The rates applicable to such through services shall not in any case be higher than the rates collected on German internal services for the same distance, under the same conditions of speed and comfort. (reference) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1959) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Horrors | Carroll, Lewis | I saw a monster come with speed, Its face of grimmliest green, On human beings used to feed, Most dreadful to be seen |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | He looked at the work upon the table, and praised the industry and speed of Mrs. Cratchit and the girls |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Napoleon, turning abruptly, sent off a courier at full speed to Paris to announce that the battle was won. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Neighbours, God speed! FIRST CITIZEN |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Al unconsciously increased his speed. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Lastly, that I could neither run with speed, nor climb trees like my brethren (as he called them) the Yahoos in this country |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This demyelination greatly slows the speed of nerve transmission. (references) | |
Its long, narrow wings are designed for speed and long-distance travel. (references) | ||
The Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) measures the speed of falling asleep. (references) | ||
Business | The higher speed allows wireless data access through GSM networks. (references) | |
The need for speed is due to the drastic increase in the number of Internet users. (references) | ||
Growth has been speed up by tailoring services to meet needs of all types of customers. (references) | ||
Children | Guatemala | Children with physical disabilities often are discouraged from attending public schools, as teachers believe that they will not learn at the same speed as others. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Ireland | Measures taken to speed the lengthy processing time of applications (approximately 6 months), including the recruitment of additional staff, have had some impact. (references) |
Russia | Although the formal link between the Government and TV-6 does not extend beyond a 16-percent government stake in energy giant Lukoil, in the view of most independent observers the timing of the suit (brought precisely when TV-6 was becoming profitable), the unusually expeditious handling by the courts, the actual court rulings, and the speed with which the Government rushed to implement and enforce those decisions all point to the suit's non-commercial motives. (references) | |
Economic History | Hong Kong | Response speed will be a major factor in building credibility. (references) |
Turkey | High speed data and leased line services have a promising future in Turkey as well. (references) | |
Uzbekistan | The major problems faced by domestic users are low connection speed and high tariff rates. (references) | |
Human Rights | Portugal | The Ministry of Justice also implemented a plan to speed up the serving of subpoenas. (references) |
Saint Lucia | The Government has not yet completed its review of the report's recommendations, but did hire a new director of public prosecutions in 1999 and provided him with staff to help speed up the trial process and reduce the backlog. (references) | |
Peru | Those tried by military courts on treason charges generally do not have to wait more than 40 days for their trial; however, as trial procedures in military courts lack full due process protections, the speed with which trials are conducted offers little benefit to the defendants. (references) | |
Political Economy | MOROCCO | The Customs Administration has launched a successful program to speed up the customs clearance process. (references) |
India | Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha announced the Government's intention to initiate a series of legislative measures to speed up the ongoing economic reforms. (references) | |
JAPAN | Japan's Trademark Law was revised in 1997 to speed the granting of trademark rights, strengthen protection to well-known trademarks, address problems related to unused trademarks, simplify registration procedures, and increase infringement penalties. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belarus | The physical speed with which some of the counts were conducted also was suspect, since those precincts with the largest geographic area and those with the highest turnout always were among the first to report results. (references) |
Trade | Luxembourg | These B/L's help speed up the process in cases where bank financing is not necessary. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Note that the importer will usually need a signed "duplicate" invoice to speed the release of the imported goods from customs. (references) | |
Travel | Panama | Speed limits are posted in kilometers per hour. (references) |
Bahrain | Radar and speed detection cameras are installed by some traffic lights. (references) | |
Latvia | The legal alcohol limit for drivers is zero, and speed traps are common. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Guatemala | UNICEF, the ILO, and MINUGUA continue to urge the Government to speed up the administration of justice to ensure the strict enforcement of labor laws. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats and snails, They all were good, for all were males. But when the Devil came and saw He said: "By Thine eternal law Of growth, maturity, decay, These all must quickly pass away And leave untenanted the earth Unless Thou dost establish birth" -- Then tucked his head beneath his wing To laugh -- he had no sleeve -- the thing With deviltry did so accord, That he'd suggested to the Lord. The Master pondered this advice, Then shook and threw the fateful dice Wherewith all matters here below Are ordered, and observed the throw; Then bent His head in awful state, Confirming the decree of Fate. From every part of earth anew The conscious dust consenting flew, While rivers from their courses rolled To make it plastic for the mould. Enough collected (but no more, For niggard Nature hoards her store) He kneaded it to flexible clay, While Nick unseen threw some away. And then the various forms He cast, Gross organs first and finer last; No one at once evolved, but all By even touches grew and small Degrees advanced, till, shade by shade, To match all living things He'd made Females, complete in all their parts Except (His clay gave out) the hearts. "No matter," Satan cried; "with speed I'll fetch the very hearts they need" -- So flew away and soon brought back The number needed, in a sack. That night earth range with sounds of strife -- Ten million males each had a wife; That night sweet Peace her pinions spread O'er Hell -- ten million devils dead! G.J. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Art Linkletter | It's like dancing in the air. When you are skiing fast down the slope, you just put a little pressure on one side and you go to the other side, and it's just the speed, you're just flying. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | We count upon her exercise of the full privileges and the performance of the duties of citizenship to speed the attainment of the highest state. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | But the systems are founded on fairness and justice, and they are working at full speed. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | For that other nation within a Nation-the poor-whose distress has now captured the conscience of America, I will ask the Congress not only to continue, but to speed up the war on poverty. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | To speed Federal justice, I propose an increase this year in the United States attorneys prosecuting Federal crimes and the reinforcement of the number of United States marshals. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | I have directed Cabinet departments and federal agencies to speed up pro-growth expenditures as quickly as possible. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | By speeding up the income tax cuts, we will speed economic recovery and the pace of job creation. |
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| "Speed" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.39% of the time. "Speed" is used about 7,413 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.39% | 6,775 | 1,423 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 7.24% | 536 | 11,481 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.7% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.66% | 49 | 48,677 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7,413 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "speed" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Speed | Last name | 3,000 | 4,015 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "speed". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Maher-shalal-hash-baz | N/A | Biblical | Making speed to the spoil |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | High Speed Access Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Speed, IN 2. Speed, KS (city, FIPS 67175) 3. Speed, NC (town, FIPS 63720) |
Expressions using "speed": air speed ♦ air speed indicator ♦ angular speed ♦ at breakneck speed ♦ at full speed ♦ at record speed ♦ at supersonic speed ♦ at top speed ♦ average speed ♦ barometric vertical speed indicator ♦ bid smb. speed ♦ break the speed limit ♦ breakneck speed ♦ burst of speed ♦ change speed ♦ civil speed ♦ climb speed ♦ climbing speed indicator ♦ clock speed ♦ control by means of a split coupling between the motor and the fan.The speed of the fan is varied by altering the slip between the two coupling halves either magnetically or hydraulically ♦ convoy speed ♦ critical speed ♦ cruising speed ♦ decision speed ♦ declared speed ♦ design cruising speed ♦ design diving speed ♦ design flap speed ♦ design manoeuvring speed ♦ design speed for maximum gust intensity ♦ diving speed indicator ♦ duplex High Speed Data ♦ eagle speed ♦ endurance speed ♦ engaging speed ♦ equivalent vertical gust speed ♦ exceed the regulation speed ♦ exceed the speed ♦ exceed the speed limit ♦ exceeding the speed limit ♦ execution speed ♦ feather wind speed ♦ film speed ♦ full speed ♦ full speed ahead ♦ full speed ahead! ♦ fully adjustable speed drive ♦ furling speed ♦ gain speed ♦ gather speed ♦ God speed ♦ God speed you ♦ god speed you! ♦ Good speed ♦ ground speed ♦ gust peek speed ♦ habitual speed ♦ half speed ahead ♦ high speed ♦ high speed buffeting ♦ high Speed Circuit Switched Data ♦ high Speed Connect ♦ high speed serial interface ♦ high speed synchronous serial interface ♦ holding speed ♦ hump speed ♦ impact speed ♦ inappropriate speed ♦ increase one's speed ♦ indicated air speed indicator ♦ indicated air speed transmitter ♦ infinitely variable speed transmission ♦ initial climb speed ♦ initial speed ♦ instantaneous vertical speed indicator ♦ jump speed ♦ landing speed ♦ lens speed ♦ light speed ♦ linear speed ♦ lose speed ♦ low speed ♦ maximum authorised speed ♦ maximum flap extended speed ♦ maximum landing gear extended speed ♦ maximum landing gear operating speed ♦ maximum speed ♦ maximum sustained speed ♦ maximum threshold speed ♦ maximum writing speed ♦ minimum control speed in free air ♦ minimum control speed on the ground ♦ minimum demonstrated threshold speed ♦ minimum speed ♦ minimum steady flight speed ♦ minimum threshold speed ♦ minimum unstick speed ♦ more haste less speed ♦ P.I.V.variable speed drive ♦ perceptual speed ♦ Physical layer High speed Optoelectronics for Tomorrow's Optical Networks. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "speed": speed-blinded, speed-boat, speed-boats, speed-bump, speed-bumps, speed-burned, speed-change, speed-changing, speed-check, speed-chess, speed-chewing, speed-cone, speed-controlled, speed-dependent, speed-depth, speed-doubled, speed-doubling, speed-freak, speed-freaking, speed-fuelled, speed-gear, speed-governor, speed-gun, speed-increasing, speed-king, speed-launch, speed-learning, speed-lever, speed-limit, speed-limiting, speed-lover, speed-meter, speed-neck, speed-obsessed, speed-of-light, speed-of-reflex, speed-playing, speed-reading, speed-reducing, speed-reduction, speed-restricted, speed-restriction, speed-sensitive, speed-settings, speed-skater, speed-stable, speed-starved, speed-table, speed-talking, Speed-the-plow, speed-thrash, speed-tracks, speed-transforming, speed-transparent, speed-traps, speed-type, speed-up, speed-ups, speed-up-system. | |
Ending with "speed": five-speed, four-speed, full-speed, half-speed, light-speed, low-speed, medium-speed, six-speed, three-speed, two-speed, variable-speed. | |
Containing "speed": change-speed gear, constant-speed propeller, constant-speed unit, high-speed exit taxiway, high-speed steel, high-speed train, high-speed turn-off taxiway, off-speed pitch, three-speed gear. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
speed test | 9,482 | need for speed hot pursuit 2 | 589 |
speed | 3,792 | connection speed test | 557 |
need for speed | 3,027 | 2 cheat hot need pursuit speed | 529 |
internet speed test | 2,415 | internet connection speed | 498 |
dsl speed test | 2,048 | speed of sound | 482 |
high speed internet | 1,932 | speed boat | 476 |
speed channel | 1,644 | speed up | 473 |
internet speed | 1,557 | need for speed 3 | 462 |
connection speed | 1,337 | mazda speed | 454 |
speed up kazaa | 1,273 | modem speed | 444 |
bandwidth speed test | 1,211 | check speed | 424 |
speed dating | 1,032 | need speed underground | 423 |
speed of light | 943 | speed tv | 409 |
broadband speed test | 825 | typing speed test | 406 |
speed download | 791 | comcast high speed internet | 401 |
speed racer | 772 | speed boost | 397 |
high speed camera | 743 | high speed internet access | 385 |
speed reading | 697 | cable modem speed test | 379 |
modem speed test | 647 | cable speed test | 378 |
dsl speed | 638 | check internet speed | 325 |