slowness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality or state of being slow.
  2. A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-slowness.wav

Word forms

slowness slownesses

Etymology

From slow + -ness.

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