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slownesses

slownesses is the plural of slowness.

Meaning of slowness

Noun

slowness (usually uncountable, plural slownesses)

  1. (usually) The quality or state of being slow.
    • Impatience with the intellectual slowness of others, narcissism and passion for one's mission in life might combine to make such individuals isolative and difficult.2003 April 30, Hazel Muir, “Einstein and Newton showed signs of autism”, in New Scientist, retrieved 15 Nov 2012
  2. (usually) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

Questions about slownesses

What is slownesses the plural of?
Slownesses is the plural of slowness.

Words near slownesses in the dictionary

  1. slowmatches
  2. slowmo
  3. slowmoving
  4. slown
  5. slowness
  6. slownesses
  7. slowpaced
  8. slowpitch
  9. slowplay
  10. slowplayed
  11. slowplaying

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