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[ noun ] the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
Synonyms Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)Let me pass_over the trip to Sante_Fe with something of the same speed which made Mrs._Roebuck `` wonduh if the wahtahm speed_limit '' ( 35 m._p._h . ) `` is still in ee-faket '' . I let_up on the accelerator , only to gradually reach again the 60 m._p._h. which would , I hoped , overhaul Herry and the blonde , and as there were cars whose drivers apparently had something more important to catch than had I , Mrs._Major_Roebuck settled_down to practicing on Corporal_Johnson the kittenish wiles she would need when making her duty call on Colonel and Mrs. Somebody in Sante_Fe . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel
Synonyms Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)I let_up on the accelerator , only to gradually reach again the 60 m._p._h. which would , I hoped , overhaul Herry and the blonde , and as there were cars whose drivers apparently had something more important to catch than had I , Mrs._Major_Roebuck settled_down to practicing on Corporal_Johnson the kittenish wiles she would need when making her duty call on Colonel and Mrs. Somebody in Sante_Fe . Related terms |
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