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speed
speed change in distance with respect to time. Speed is a scalar rather than a vector quantity; i.e., the speed of a body tells one how fast the body is moving but not the direction of the motion. If during time t a body travels over a distance s, then the average speed of that body is equal... Read more |
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group speed
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John Speed
John Speed 1552?-1629, English historian and cartographer. He abandoned his trade as a tailor to engage in mapmaking. Many of his maps of parts of England and Wales were published in The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain (1611). His major work, The History of Great Britain, and his ... Read more |
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Unsafe at any Speed
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED Highway Safety Concern over automobile safety was heightened by Ralph Nader's 1965 book alleging that unsafe automobile design (particularly the Chevrolet Corvair) was the major contributor to highway accidents. This led to the passage of the National... Read more |
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Mach number
Mach number [for E. Mach ], ratio between the speed of an object and the speed of sound in the medium in which the object is traveling. An airplane that has the velocity of Mach 3.0 is traveling at three times the speed of sound as measured in the prevailing atmospheric conditions.... Read more |
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anemometer
anemometer Instrument using pressure tubes or rotating cups, vanes, or propellers to measure the speed or force of the wind.... Read more |
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tachometer
tachometer , instrument that indicates the speed, usually in revolutions per minute, at which an engine shaft is rotating. Some tachometers, especially those used in automobiles, are similar in construction and operation to automotive speedometers . Other types, often connected directly to the... Read more |
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sonic boom
sonic boom shock wave produced by an object moving through the air at supersonic speed, i.e., faster than the speed of sound. Since sound is a mechanical disturbance that propagates through the air, there is a limit to its speed. An object such as an airplane, moving through the air, generates... Read more |
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tachyon
tachyon , hypothetical elementary particle that travels only at speeds exceeding that of light. According to the theory of relativity , the speed of light is the limiting velocity for all ordinary material particles. Particles having nonzero rest mass can approach, but not reach, the speed of... Read more |
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Bob Mould
Bob Mould Singer, songwriter, guitarist Set Land Speed Records With H Read more |
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Kay, John
...and inventor. Born in 1704 near Bury (Lancs.), Kay patented his flying-shuttle for a loom in 1733. It produced a great speeding-up in the process of weaving. Kay experienced considerable difficulty in exploiting his invention. His house was destroyed... |
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New York v. Belton
...lawful custodial arrest. The circumstances here are similar to many automobile search cases. After the car was stopped for speeding, the occupants were removed and arrested when the police detected the odor of marijuana. A policeman searched the back seat... |
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nisi prius
...their own local court. It was then ensured that justices should invariably visit the locality before the specified date, thus speeding and making more convenient the process of litigation in the common law court. Maureen Mulholland |
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Automation and Computerization
...Automation and computerization are related but separate phenomena. Automation means the mechanization—and usually the speeding up—of production, not only in manufacturing but also in service. Computerization is an advanced form of automation. Fantasies... |
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autonomic nervous system
...is undeveloped (in babies) or lost (in the incontinent), there is automatic defecation. The ANS regulates the heart by speeding or slowing the beat and altering the force of its pumping. It regulates the calibre of blood vessels to vary the distribution... |
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haemorrhoids (piles)
...If basic treatment fails, outpatient ‘banding’, injection, or freezing treatments can shrink the haemorrhoid, thus speeding resolution. Surgical treatment, where the haemorrhoids are removed at operation (haemorrhoidectomy) is used less frequently... |
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Pensions, Civil War
...thousands discovered latent injuries. A growing backlog enabled U.S. commissioners of pensions to influence close elections by speeding up the processing of applications from swing states.Responding to southern voters after 1876, Democrats (including the... |
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Eytinge, Rose
...Under the Gaslight (1867), creating the role of Laura Courtlandt, who saves a benefactor from death under the wheels of a speeding train. After several seasons abroad she returned to play the French wife Gabrielle in The Geneva Cross (1873), the unsatisfied... |
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speed
...that is greater than the legal limit: the car that crashed was speeding. ∎ (speed up) move or work more quickly: you force yourself...influence of an amphetamine drug: more kids than ever are speeding, tripping, and getting stoned. PHRASES: at speed quickly... |
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bra
...auto bra or car bra) a carbon-based cover that fits over the front bumper of a car, absorbing the microwaves used in police radar equipment to minimize the risk of detection for the speeding motorist. DERIVATIVES: bra·less adj. |
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McElroy, Neil
...significantly affected the world's military balance, he recognized its powerful impact on public opinion and concentrated on speeding up the U.S. effort in missile development. He ordered production of intermediate-range missiles and accelerated the development... |
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synthesizer
...from a kbd.). Used by composers of elec. mus. Its invention, by Robert Moog in 1965, revolutionized elec. comp. by speeding up the process and doing away with drudgery of assembling and splicing small sections of tape. The first synthesizer was built... |
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catalyst
catalyst An agent that participates in a chemical reaction, speeding the rate, but itself remains unchanged. Catalysts are used, for example, in the hydrogenation of vegetable oils. Enzymes and coenzymes are biological catalysts. |
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find
...years—I wanted to find myself. ∎ Law (of a court) officially declare to be the case: [tr.] he was found guilty of speeding the court found that a police lab expert had fabricated evidence. 3. (of a thing) reach or arrive at, either of its own... |
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Kay, John
...inventor. Born in 1704 near Bury (Lancs.), Kay patented his flying‐shuttle for a loom in 1733. It produced a great speeding‐up in the process of weaving, but Kay experienced considerable difficulty in exploiting his invention. His house was destroyed... |
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pinch
...intr.] live in a frugal way: if I pinch and scrape, I might manage. 3. inf. arrest (someone): I was pinched for speeding. ∎ inf. steal: he pinched a handful of candies. 4. Sailing sail (a boat) so close to the wind that the sails begin to... |
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do
...travel (a specified distance): one car I looked at had done 112,000 miles. ∎ travel at (a specified speed): I was speeding, doing seventy-five. ∎ make (a particular journey): last time I did New York–Philadelphia round trip by train... |
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Wentworth, Paul
...wholesale bribery of Congress, but his attempt to force American negotiations with England might have actually backfired into speeding the very coalition he was supposed to prevent. After the war Wentworth speculated on stocks in London and became a trustee... |
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acceleration
...acceleration • noun 1. the acceleration of the carsynonyms: increased speed, speeding up; inf. opening up. 2. the acceleration of the processsynonyms: speeding up, hastening, quickening, expedition, stepping up, advancement, forwarding... |
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speed
...scamper, hasten; informal tear, belt, pelt, scoot, zip, zap, whip, hotfoot it, bomb, hightail it. 2. he was caught speeding synonyms: drive too fast, exceed the speed limit. 3. a holiday will speed his recovery synonyms: hasten, expedite, speed... |
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Speeding A Serious Problem 10 Years After National Speed Limit Repeal; New...
...jurisdictions detailing their efforts to control speeding by motorists. The report comes nearly...Colonel Jim Champagne, "In addressing the speeding problem, we are where we were twenty...state and federal efforts in reducing speeding-related fatalities and injuries, GHSA... |
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Watch your speed in Gauley Bridge: ; Speeding tickets more than 50% of town's...
...speed limit the two times she was given a speeding ticket in Gauley Bridge. "I had slowed...down for that. There was no way I was speeding."In June 2008, she was driving west...The police officer issued Wright a speeding ticket. She wanted to fight the ticket... |
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UF researchers say speeding associated with gambling, drug use in teens.
...of Medicine. "Parents tend to view speeding as an island, rather than to say that...alcohol and drug use, mental health and speeding. Of that group, UF researchers focused...survey to indicate a correlation between speeding and gambling, although scientists previously... |
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Citations triple for speeding: ; State Police write more tickets on W.Va....
...Police more than tripled the number of speeding tickets issued on the West Virginia Turnpike...part of coordinated efforts to reduce speeding. Since late September, the 25 State...more than doubled the total number of speeding tickets issued over October 2009, writing... |
 "The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)")
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Wrecks in city, speeding tickets rise again in '05
After a one-year drop in speeding tickets and auto wrecks, citations...through June 30 -- the last time speeding-ticket data was compiled -- tickets...Council members began the neighborhood speeding program in April 2003 to reduce safety... |
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Speeding ticket can raise premiums Maintaining a clean driving record is easy...
...because your car has a big engine and speeding is fun. Well, here's one reason you...to lighten up on the accelerator: A speeding ticket could significantly increase your...officials say a driver who receives a speeding ticket has a greater statistical likelihood... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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STUDY CITES RISE IN MASS. FATALITIES TIED TO SPEEDING
...Massachusetts highway fatalities involving speeding drivers have increased by one-third...proportion of state fatal crashes involve speeding (44 percent) than involve drunken driving...The study contained no statistics on speeding fatalities that also involved drunken... |
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Connecticut Bill Would Send Proceeds from Speeding Fines Back to Local Police.
...Duff, D-137, would send fines from speeding tickets back to municipalities, which...Currently, when a motorist is stopped for speeding by a Norwalk police officer, every cent...deficits and state cutbacks, and to reduce speeding. "The big goal is not to write more... |
 "The Sun - Naperville (IL)")
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Strife in the fast lanes; Geneva mulls over solutions for problem speeding areas
...presented the results of a recent residential speeding study. The study indicated three sections...among 16 spots in Geneva where residential speeding presents what the city classifies as a moderate speeding problem. According to the city speed... |
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Anger as more than 100 police caught speeding.(News)
...from Welsh forces have been caught speeding in the past two years, the Western...penalty notices after being caught speeding while on duty; 10 officers from Gwent Police have been prosecuted for speeding offences committed off duty. A further... |
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