speed
noun
rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of sound.
overspeed
-
a word derived from
speed.
Example Sentences
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Bearman had a significant overspeed on Franco Colapinto's Alpine, with whom he was contesting 17th place, as they approached the Spoon Curve.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
Following that crash — Birgenair Flight 301 — Boeing decided pilots needed a way to acknowledge the overspeed warning and then silence the sound “to prevent crew distraction in critical troubleshooting times.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2020
The excessive speed was amply clear in the cockpit, where an overspeed clacker was sounding off, but neither pilot thought to reduce the thrust and slow.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2019
As I walked out to investigate, I saw Jim working on a technique he called "overspeed training."
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
When they saw the fair vision dissolve, they began to finesse: they induced the camel-man, who ran by the side of Mohammed's dromedary, to precede the animal-a favourite manoeuvre to prevent overspeed.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
