speed limit

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noun

the maximum speed at which a vehicle is legally permitted to travel, as within a specific area, on a certain road, or under given conditions.

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Origin of speed limit

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby speed limit

speed freak, speed gear, speed indicator, speeding, speed light, speed limit, speed metal, speed networking, speedo, speed of light, speedometer

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How to use speed limit in a sentence

The stock headlights on your car or truck might work fine on well-lit streets, but they probably aren’t powerful enough to enable safe driving on completely unlit rural roads while motoring at or close to the speed limit.
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The vehicles have a maximum speed of 25 mph and are only approved to operate in fair weather conditions on streets with a speed limit of no more than 35 mph.
Nuro can now operate and charge for autonomous delivery services in California|Kirsten Korosec|December 23, 2020|TechCrunch
Repeating a message is an example of using a code to transmit a message, and by using different and more sophisticated codes, one can communicate fast — all the way up to the speed limit, C — while maintaining a given degree of reliability.
How Claude Shannon Invented the Future|David Tse|December 22, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Small raindrops fall at a higher velocity than large ones — so fast, they break the speed limit.
Scientists Say: Velocity|Bethany Brookshire|December 7, 2020|Science News For Students

I also get that high by driving a little sports car around London trying to keep to the speed limits here.
COVID put electronic trading to the test. It’s never buckled, Goldman Sachs says|Bernhard Warner|November 22, 2020|Fortune
The driver then got on the highway and started going "well above the speed limit," with the taxi inspector still in tow.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Going the speed limit, the trip to the Otselic camp takes an hour.
The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town|E. Jean Carroll|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Defense lawyers countered that Batista never exceeded the legal speed limit and that he could not have avoided the cyclist.
The Brutal Fall of Brazilian Billionaire Eike Batista|Mac Margolis|June 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.
Maggie Stiefvater Talks New Novel ‘The Raven Boys,’ Fast Cars, and YA Fiction|Doug Stanton|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“Red-light and speed-safety cameras only generate revenue when drivers exceed the speed limit or run red lights,” Territo said.
Use of Red-Light and Speeding Cameras Increases, but Some Protest|Chris Opfer|July 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Uncle Joe sometimes exceeded the speed limit leaving town but usually went in at a respectable gait.
Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
Polly was fixed in her determination not to exceed the speed limit, at any rate on outward journeys.
Adventures and Enthusiasms|E. V. Lucas
Meanwhile, Lennard raced down to Portsmouth at a pace that by comparison made the speed limit as slow as that of a tortoise.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light|Mary E. Hanshew
Speed limit, 28 kilometres per hour in open country down to 12 kilometres in the towns.
The Automobilist Abroad|M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
However much the rest of the year may drag, the spring vacation always ignores the speed limit.
Peggy Raymond's Way|Harriet Lummis Smith

British Dictionary definitions for speed limit

speed limit

noun

the maximum permitted speed at which a vehicle may travel on certain roads

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