Entertainment / Photography / Speed: Sensitivity of a photographic emulsion to light. Films are given iso or din numbers denoting speed characteristics.
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Speed Noun Synonyms: rapidity, fleetness, quickness, speediness, swiftness, velocity, dispatch or despatch, hurry, hurriedness, haste, hastiness, celerity, alacrity, expeditiousness, expedition, briskness, promptness, timeliness, suddenness, precipitateness, precipitousness,
Speed Adjective Synonyms: hasten, make haste, hurry, rush, charge, dart, bolt, shoot, run, race, sprint, fly, streak, scurry, tear, hustle, scramble, scamper, career, bowl along, go or fly like the wind, go hell for leather, go like a bat out of hell, belt along, step on it
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Technology / Motorcycle / Speedway: Motorcycle speedway is a specialized sport run on oval, dirt tracks with usually four and sometimes up to six riders from two teams in each race competing over four laps. Speedway motorcycles have no MORE
Technology / Aviation / Sinking Speed: The speed at which an aircraft loses altitude, especially in a glide in still air under given conditions of equilibrium. MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Speed (Of Constituent): The rate of change in the phase of a constituent, usually expressed in degrees per hour. The speed is equal to 360° divided by the constituent period expressed in hours. MORE
Science / Tides and Currents / Speed (Of Current): The magnitude of velocity. Rate at which the current flows. Usually expressed in knots or centimeters per second. MORE
Technology / Digital Cameras / Shutter Speed: The speed at which a digital camera's shutter exposes the image sensor to light. A shutter speed of 1/60 means that the sensor is exposed to light for 1/60th of a second. Faster shutter speeds are goo MORE
Business / Finance / Prepayment Speed: Also called speed, the estimated rate at which mortgagors pay off their loans ahead of schedule, critical in assessing the value of mortgage pass-through securities. MORE