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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“We are in an overspeed condition descending 20,000 feet per minute!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The report said these two engines were manually switched off, causing the remaining engine to reach its "overspeed trip threshold" and also deactivate.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
When it does happen, never intentionally, the relevant overspeed data has to be reported after landing, and the maintenance technicians then take a look.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
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
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
