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Unlike the Kodak Zi6, whose HD60 enhanced HD mode shoots 1,280 by 720 video at 60 frames per second, the Vado's HD Plus simply shoots 720p video at a standard 30fps, but at a higher data rate-around 8.4 Mbps. In standard HD mode the data rate is about half that.

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  1. noun A quantity measured with respect to another measured quantity: a rate of speed of 60 miles an hour.
  2. noun A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion: the mortality rate; a tax rate.
  3. noun The cost per unit of a commodity or service: postal rates.
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  • This rate is assumed to decrease to 5. 5\% by 2005 and then remain at that level. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • However, the rate was advertised at .50 and therefore couldn't be increased. —  Daily News-Record
  • Unlike the Kodak Zi6, whose HD60 enhanced HD mode shoots 1,280 by 720 video at 60 frames per second, the Vado's HD Plus simply shoots 720p video at a standard 30fps, but at a higher data rate-around 8.4 Mbps. In standard HD mode the data rate is about half that. —  Macworld
  • Stockholders 'equity 5,772 5,676 This rate will be adjusted by agreement between the third - —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • When the California statewide sales tax began in 1933, the rate was a mere 2.50 percent. —  SacBee -- Latest News
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin rata, proportion, short for Latin (prō) ratā (parte), (according to a) fixed (part), from feminine ablative past participle of rērī, to consider, reckon; see ar- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English raten, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. from Middle English raten, chide, scold, in comp., from Swedish rata, reject, refuse, slight, find fault with (cf. ratgods, refuse goods), =Norwegian rata, reject, cast aside as rubbish; akin to Norwegian rat, refuse, rubbish, trash, =Icelandic hrat, hrati, rubbish, trash, skins, stones, etc., of berries; Norwegian rata, bad, worthless: see rat.
  2. from Old French rate, price, value,=Provencal Spanish Portuguese Italian rata =G. rate, from Middle Latin rata, rate, proportion (Latin pro rata parte, or pro rata portione, or simply pro rata, according to a certain part or portion (see pro rata, pro-rate)); feminine of Latin ratus, determined, fixed, settled, past participle of reri (indicative reor), think, deem, judge, orig. reckon, calculate. From the same Latin verb are ult. derived English rate, ratio, ration, reason, areason, arraign, etc., ratify, etc.
  3. from rate, n.
  4. from Middle Latin rata, feminine, a stipulation, contract, ratum, neuter, a decision, feminine or neuter of Latin ratus, past participle of reri, think, deem, judge; see rate.
  5. from rate, n. Cf. ratify.
  6. rate, v.
 

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