change-up change-of-pace change-of-pace ball off-speed pitch | a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball |
speed speeding hurrying | changing location rapidly |
speed skating | competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course) |
amphetamine pep pill upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
rheostat variable resistor | resistor for regulating current |
speed bump | a hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway |
speedometer speed indicator | a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its speed |
speed skate racing skate | an ice skate with a long blade, worn for racing |
variable-pitch propeller | propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable |
speed swiftness fastness | a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens, the project advanced with gratifying speed |
execution speed | (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions, measured in MIPS |
speed trap | a trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders |
variable variable quantity | a quantity that can assume any of a set of values |
independent variable experimental variable | (statistics) a variable whose values are independent of changes in the values of other variables |
dependent variable | (statistics) a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value depends on the independent variable, if f(x)y, y is the dependent variable |
predictor variable | a variable that can be used to predict the value of another variable (as in statistical regression) |
random variable variate variant stochastic variable chance variable | a variable quantity that is random |
speed limit | regulation establishing the top speed permitted on a given road |
variable | a symbol (like x or y) that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity |
variable | something that is likely to vary, something that is subject to variation, the weather is one variable to be considered |
variable star variable | a star that varies noticeably in brightness |
motorcycle cop motorcycle policeman speed cop | a policeman who rides a motorcycle (and who checks the speeds of motorists) |
speeder speed demon | a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit |
speed freak | addict who habitually uses stimulant drugs (especially amphetamines) |
speedskater speed skater | an ice-skater who races competitively, usually around an oval course |
focal ratio f number stop number speed | the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system |
high-speed steel hot-work steel | an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat, used to make metalutting tools |
speed velocity | distance travelled per unit time |
speed of light light speed c | the speed at which light travels in a vacuum, the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly ,, meters per second |
accelerate speed up speed quicken | move faster, The car accelerated |
accelerate speed speed up | cause to move faster, He accelerated the car |
speed skate | race on skates |
travel rapidly speed hurry zip | move very fast, The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed |
speed | travel at an excessive or illegal velocity, I got a ticket for speeding |
c rush hotfoot hasten hie speed race pelt along rush along cannonball along bucket along belt along step on it | move fast, He rushed down the hall to receive his guests, The cars raced down the street |
high-speed high-velocity | operating at high speed, a high-speed food processor, a high-velocity shell |
variable | (used of a device) designed so that a property (as e.g. light) can be varied, a variable capacitor, variable filters in front of the mercury xenon lights |
variable | liable to or capable of change, rainfall in the tropics is notoriously variable, variable winds, variable expenses |
varying variable | marked by diversity or difference, the varying angles of roof slope, nature is infinitely variable |