Speed

What “Speed” means

Noun

1. The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
2. The rate of motion or action, specifically the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time.
3. The sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
4. The duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open (shutter speed).
5. The largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.

Intj

1. Called by the soundman when the recording equipment has reached running speed and is ready to go.

Verb

1. To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
2. To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
3. To go fast.
4. To exceed the speed limit.
5. To increase the rate at which something occurs.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English sped (“prosperity, good luck, quickness, success”), from Old English spēd (“success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdi (“prosperity, success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōan, from Proto-Germanic *spōaną (“to prosper, succeed, be happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to prosper, turn out well”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“success, quickness, speed”), Dutch spoed (“haste; speed”), German Low German Spood (“haste; speed; eagerness; success”), German Sput (“progress, acceleration, haste”). Related also to Old English spōwan (“to be successful, succeed”), Albanian shpejt (“to speed, to hurry”) and Russian спеши́ть (spešítʹ, “to hurry”), Latin spēs (“hope, expectation”), spērō (“hope”, verb), perhaps also to Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō, “to urge on, hasten, press on”).

From Middle English speden, from Old English spēdan (“to speed, prosper, succeed, have success”), from Proto-West Germanic *spōdijan (“to succeed”). Cognate with Scots spede, speid (“to meet with success, assist, promote, accomplish, speed”), Dutch spoeden (“to hurry, rush”), Low German spoden, spöden (“to hasten, speed”), German sputen, spuden (“to speed”).

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Industries where “Speed” fits

We suggest this word for 1 business types and industries, including:

• Speed Changer, Industrial High-Speed Drive, and Gear Manufacturing