speed

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So if you look at the little script here, the speed is always going to be 30.

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  1. noun Physics The rate or a measure of the rate of motion, especially:
  2. noun Physics Distance traveled divided by the time of travel.
  3. noun Physics The limit of this quotient as the time of travel becomes vanishingly small; the first derivative of distance with respect to time.
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  • So if you look at the little script here, the speed is always going to be 30. —  Alan Kay shares a powerful idea about ideas
  • He won his second Gold Glove last season while setting career highs in runs (115), homers (33) and runs batted in (124), and his speed is above-average, too. —  FOXSports.com News
  • "Like I said before, the speed will be the key of this fight," said Pacquiao. —  Home
  • You might want to make sure the speed is the same both directions. —  Make - All Discussions
  • Apparently, his speed could be adequate, when coupled with a ferocity belied by his natural calm demeanor. —  Mile High Report
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speed:   Sped ·  Speed ·  speeds ·  sped ·  speeded ·  speeding
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  1. Middle English spede, from Old English spēd, success, swiftness; see spē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English speed, sped, spede, from Anglo-Saxon spēd, success, prosperity, riches, wealth, substance, diligence, zeal, haste, = Old Saxon spōd, spōt, success, = Dutch spoed, haste, speed, = Middle Low German spōt, Low German spood = Old High German spuot, spōt, Middle High German spuot, success; with formative -d, from Anglo-Saxon spōwan = Old High German *spuoan, spuon, Middle High German spuon, succeed; cf. Old Bulgarian spieti, succeed, = Bohemian spieti, hasten, = Russian spietĭ. ripen, = Lithuanian speti, at leisure, = Lettish spēt, be strong or able; Sanskrit sphīti, increase, prosperity, from √ sphā, fatten.
 

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