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  • 51velocity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Speed Nouns 1. velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, expedition (see haste); acceleration; hurry, spurt, rush, dash; smart, lively, swift, or spanking pace; flying, flight; gallop, canter, trot …

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  • 52speed — [[t]spid[/t]] n. v. sped speed•ed, speed•ing 1) rapidity in moving, traveling, performing, etc.; swiftness 2) relative rate of motion or progress: the speed of light[/ex] 3) aum a gear ratio in a motor vehicle or bicycle 4) pht a) the sensitivity …

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  • 53ce|ler|i|ty — «suh LEHR swa> tee», noun. swiftness of movement; speed; rapidity: »celerity of flight, celerity of reply. [She] led her Concert Choir…with her usual rhythmic celerity and musical understanding (New York Times). SYNONYM(S): velocity, haste.… …

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  • 54Quickness — Quick ness, n. 1. The condition or quality of being quick or living; life. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Touch it with thy celestial quickness. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. Activity; briskness; especially, rapidity of motion; speed; celerity; as, quickness …

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  • 55Rapidity — Ra*pid i*ty (r[.a]*p[i^]d [i^]*t[y^]), n. [L. rapiditas: cf. F. rapidit[ e].] The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 56Stagecoach — For other uses, see Stagecoach (disambiguation). Stagecoach in Switzerland A stagecoach is a type of covered wagon for passengers and goods, strongly sprung and drawn by four horses, usually four in hand. Widely used before the introduction of… …

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  • 57Hydraulic jump — A hydraulic jump is a phenomenon in the science of hydraulics which is frequently observed in open channel flow such as rivers and spillways. When liquid at high velocity discharges into a zone of lower velocity, a rather abrupt rise (a step or… …

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  • 58Star routes — is a term used in connection with the United States postal service and the contracting of mail delivery services. The term is defunct as of 1970, but still is occasionally used to refer to Highway Contract Routes or (HCRs) which replaced the Star …

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  • 59Characters in the Realm of the Elderlings — This article discusses the characters in The Realm of the Elderlings, a fictional world created by Robin Hobb for her book series The Farseer Trilogy, The Liveship Traders Trilogy, The Tawny Man Trilogy and The Rain Wild Chronicles. This page… …

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  • 60Dispersion (water waves) — This article is about dispersion of waves on a water surface. For other forms of dispersion, see Dispersion (disambiguation). In fluid dynamics, dispersion of water waves generally refers to frequency dispersion, which means that waves of… …

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