Dart vs Speed - What's the difference?
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A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.
* 1769 , Oxford Standard Text, , xviii, 14,
Anything resembling such a pointed missile weapon; anything that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
* 1830 , , Sensibility'', ''The Works of Hannah More , Volume 1,
(Australia, obsolete) A plan or scheme.
* 1947 , , Halfway to Anywhere , 1970,
A sudden or fast movement.
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(sewing) A fold that is stitched on a garment.
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A fish; the dace.
(in the plural) A game of throwing darts at a target.
To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.
To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot
To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly
To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along
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the state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion; rapidity
the rate of motion or action, specifically (mathematics)/(physics) the magnitude of the velocity; the rate distance is traversed in a given time
(photography) the sensitivity to light of film, plates or sensor.
(photography) the duration of exposure, the time during which a camera shutter is open.
(photography) the largest size of the lens opening at which a lens can be used.
(photography) the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a photographic objective.
(slang) any amphetamine drug used as a stimulant, especially illegally, especially methamphetamine
(archaic) luck, success, prosperity
* Bible, Genesis xxiv. 12
To succeed; to prosper, be lucky.
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*:And yf I maye fynde suche a knyghte that hath all these vertues / he may drawe oute this swerd oute of the shethe / for I haue ben at kyng Ryons / it was told me ther were passyng good knyghtes / and he and alle his knyghtes haue assayed it and none can spede
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*18thc. , (Oliver Goldsmith), Introductory to Switzerland
*:At night returning, every labor sped , / He sits him down the monarch of a shed: / Smiles by his cheerful fire, and round surveys, / His children’s looks, that brighten at the blaze;
To help someone, to give them fortune; to aid or favour.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:Fortune speed us!
*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:with rising gales that speed their happy flight
(label) To go fast.
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility.
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, chapter=10 (label) To exceed the speed limit.
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(label) To increase the rate at which something occurs.
*1982 , Carole Offir & Carole Wade, Human sexuality, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, p.454:
*:It is possible that the uterine contractions speed the sperm along.
*2004 , James M. Cypher & James L. Dietz, The process of economic development, Routledge, p.359:
*:Such interventions can help to speed the process of reducing CBRs and help countries pass through the demographic transition threshold more quickly.
To be under the influence of stimulant drugs, especially amphetamines.
(label) To be expedient.
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(label) To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:sped with spavins
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:A dire dilemma! either way I'm sped . / If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead.
(label) To wish success or good fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey.
*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
*:Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest.
To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry.
*(Edward Fairfax) (c.1580-1635)
*:He sped him thence home to his habitation.
To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite.
*(John Ayliffe) (1676-1732)
*:Judicial actsare sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties.
Dart is a related term of speed.
As a proper noun speed is
.dart
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2.Barrel 3.O-ring 4.Shaft 5.Collar 6.Flight 7.Protector.Etymology 1
From (etyl) dart, from (etyl) dart, .Noun
(en noun)- Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
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- The artful inquiry, whose venom?d dart / Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart.
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- Trucking?s my dart too.
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- Somehow she managed, with a cinched waist here and a few darts there, to look like a Hollywood star.
Derived terms
* dart sacEtymology 2
From (etyl) darten, from the noun (see above).Verb
(en verb)- The sun darts forth his beams.
- Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart ? -
- The flying man darted eastward.
- The deer darted from the thicket.
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* * * * ----speed
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- How does Usain Bolt run at that speed ?
- O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day.
Synonyms
* velocityDerived terms
* lightspeed * speed bump * speed chess * speed camera * speed dating * speed demon * speed dial * speed freak * speedful * speed hump * speed limit * speed of light * speed of sound * speedometer * speed queen * speedread * speedrun * speed skating * speedway * speedySee also
Units for measuring speed : metres/meters per second, , [[ft/sec and fps, miles per hour, mph ; mach (aeronautical)Etymology 2
From (etyl) speden, from (etyl) .Verb
- Aristotle must find out the motion of Euripus; Pliny must needs see Vesuvius; but how sped they? One loseth goods, another his life.
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