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ground speed

ground speed is the alternative form of groundspeed.

Meaning of groundspeed

Noun

groundspeed (plural groundspeeds)

  1. The horizontal speed of an aircraft relative to the ground.

Forms of ground speed

pluralground speeds

Questions about ground speed

What is ground speed the alternative form of?
Ground speed is the alternative form of groundspeed.

Words near ground speed in the dictionary

  1. ground sheet
  2. ground signal
  3. ground signals
  4. ground sloth
  5. ground sloths
  6. ground speed
  7. ground speeds
  8. ground spider
  9. ground spiders
  10. ground squirrel
  11. ground squirrels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ground speed (page history and authors); groundspeed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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