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low-speed

low-speed adjective: that operates, moves or takes place at less than normal speed.

Adjective

low-speed (comparative more low-speed, superlative most low-speed)

  1. That operates, moves or takes place at less than normal speed.
    • The difficulties of focussing colour-light signals on curved tracks to ensure maximum sighting distance were underlined in the recent official report [...] on a low-speed collision at Newcastle Central on July 25, 1960, between an unfitted freight and a diesel-hauled passenger train.1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 75–76

Antonyms of low-speed

Forms of low-speed

comparativemore low-speed
superlativemost low-speed

Questions about low-speed

What does low-speed mean?
Low-speed means that operates, moves or takes place at less than normal speed.
What part of speech is low-speed?
Low-speed is an adjective.

Words near low-speed in the dictionary

  1. low-skilled
  2. low-slope roof
  3. low-slope roofs
  4. low-sock
  5. low-socks
  6. low-speed
  7. low-spirited
  8. low-spiritedness
  9. low-status
  10. low-studded
  11. low-sulfur

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