speed (noun)

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• speed hump — speed bump or speed hump noun A low hump across a road intended to slow down traffic • • • Main Entry: ↑speed speed hump see ↑speed bump above. • • • Main Entry: ↑speed * * * noun, pl ⋯ humps [count] Brit : ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• speed dial — or speed dialling noun A facility of some telephones that enables numbers to be stored in the telephone s memory and dialled automatically by pressing a single button or a short combination of buttons • • • Main Entry: ↑speed * * * noun… …   Useful english dictionary

• speed — ► NOUN 1) the rate at which someone or something moves or operates. 2) rapidity of movement or action. 3) each of the possible gear ratios of a bicycle. 4) the light gathering power or f number of a camera lens. 5) the duration of a photographic… …   English terms dictionary

• speed — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amazing, astonishing, breakneck, fast, good, great, high, incredible, lightning, phenomenal …   Collocations dictionary

• speed — /spid / (say speed) noun 1. rapidity in moving, going, travelling, or any proceeding or performance; swiftness; celerity. 2. the ratio of the distance covered by a moving body to the time taken. 3. the speed that can be generated by a particular… …  

• speed trap — noun a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders • Hypernyms: ↑trap, ↑snare * * * noun : a stretch of road watched by concealed officers or devices (as radar) to catch motorists who exceed a speed limit * * * a section of a road where… …   Useful english dictionary

• speed limit — noun regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑regulation, ↑ordinance * * * noun, pl ⋯ its [count] : the highest speed at which you are allowed to drive on a particular road The speed limit here is 55 …   Useful english dictionary

• speed bump — noun a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway • Hypernyms: ↑hindrance, ↑hinderance, ↑hitch, ↑preventive, ↑preventative, ↑encumbrance, ↑incumbrance, ↑interference * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• speed camera — noun An automatic camera installed at the side of a road to measure and record the speed of vehicles (often shortened to speed cam) • • • Main Entry: ↑speed * * * speed camera UK US noun [countable] [singular speed camera …   Useful english dictionary

• speed skating — noun competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course) • Hypernyms: ↑skating * * * noun [noncount] : the sport of racing on ice skates speed skater noun, pl ⋯ ers [count] * * * ˈspeed skating [speed skating] …   Useful english dictionary

• speed-reading — noun reading at speeds significantly faster than normal • Hypernyms: ↑reading * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ noun : a method of reading rapidly by skimming • speed read ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ transitive verb • speed reader ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ …   Useful english dictionary