Speed
71speed up — 1) PHR V ERG When something speeds up or when you speed it up, it moves or travels faster. [V P] You notice that your breathing has speeded up a bit... [V P n (not pron)] He pushed a lever that speeded up the car. [Also V n P] 2) …
72speed — n 1. rapidity, haste, hurry, hurriedness, celerity, velocity, speediness; alacrity, promptness, dispatch; swiftness, fleetness, quickness, fastness, ex peditiousness, precipitousness. v 2. further, forward, expedite, promote, advance; nudge ahead …
73speed·up — /ˈspiːdˌʌp/ noun, pl ups : an increase in the speed or rate of something [count] usually singular Economists are worried about a possible speedup in/of inflation. [noncount] I d like to see some speedup in the selection process. see also speed up …
74Speed — The rate at which the gamma of an option or warrant will change in relation to underlying price in the underlying market. More specifically, it is the third order derivative of an options value to price. A high speed value indicates that gamma is …
75Speed — This interesting and unusual surname has two possible, related, origins; the first is of Anglo Saxon, pre Conquest date, and is an example of the widespread and common practice of creating a surname from a nickname. In this instance the nickname… …
76speed up — phr verb Speed up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑car Speed up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑delivery, ↑development, ↑integration, ↑process, ↑production, ↑rate, ↑reaction, ↑recovery, ↑thing …
77speed up — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To accelerate] Syn. go faster, increase speed, move into a higher speed, get into high gear, get into overdrive; see also improve 2 , race 1 . 2. [To cause to accelerate] Syn. promote, further, get things going, get things… …
78speed — s. anfetamina. ❙ «La metamfetamina es una droga [...] En América se llama speed...» Fernando Martínez Laínez, La intentona del dragón. ❙ «Parecen cinco gramos de lo que ha venido a llamarse speed, una mezcla de anfetamina en polvo adulterada...»… …
79speed — characteristic speed critical speed …
80speed — n an amphetamine drug. The word was first applied in the 1960s to methe drine, a powerful stimulant. By 1968 it was becoming the generic term for all amphetamines (which literally speed up the nervous system). ► Someone suffering (and they do!)… …
