Speed-up
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Speed-up is a noun meaning Alternative spelling of speedup.
Meaning
Alternative spelling of speedup.
Example Sentences
By comparison with steam, no big acceleration of the expresses proved possible between Leeds and Manchester and the speed-ups that have been secured owe a great deal to the excision of intermediate stops.
King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s. 6d. net. [...] "The great European express trains have an air of mystery and romance about them. Truth to tell, this is but ill-deserved. Except over the French portion of their journey they have no right to the title of express"—he was writing of conditions before the great speed-up of the last decade— [...].
Word Forms
- speed-ups
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include accelerate, speed, expedite, hasten, slow-down, time-saver.
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