fast — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fæst; akin to Old High German festi firm, Old Norse fastr, Armenian hast Date: before 12th century 1. a. firmly fixed < roots fast in the ground > b. tightly shut < the drawers were fast > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Fast ForWord — is a family of educational software products intended to enhance cognitive skills of children, especially focused on developing phonological awareness (discussed below). It is marketed as a therapy for strengthening the skills of memory,… … Wikipedia
fast — Ⅰ. fast [1] ► ADJECTIVE 1) moving or capable of moving at high speed. 2) taking place or acting rapidly. 3) (of a clock or watch) ahead of the correct time. 4) firmly fixed or attached. 5) (of a dye) not fading in light or when washed. 6) … English terms dictionary
Fading — This article is about signal loss in telecommunications. For the poetry book, see Fading (book). For other uses, see Fade (disambiguation). Frequency selective time varying fading causes a cloudy pattern to appear on a spectrogram. Time is shown… … Wikipedia
Fading (Elektrotechnik) — Als Fading (Schwund) bezeichnet man durch Interferenz oder Abschattung verursachte Schwankungen der Empfangsfeldstärke bei Funkübertragungen. Ursachen Die Interferenz wird dadurch verursacht, dass das Signal aufgrund von Brechung oder Reflexion… … Deutsch Wikipedia
fast — 1. adj. & adv. adj. 1 rapid, quick moving. 2 capable of high speed (a fast car). 3 enabling or causing or intended for high speed (a fast road; fast lane). 4 (of a clock etc.) showing a time ahead of the correct time. 5 (of a pitch or ground etc … Useful english dictionary
fast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. starve, diet, abstain. See asceticism. adj. swift, speedy, fleet, quick, rapid; secure, firm, permanent, steadfast, profound; wild, rakish, dissipated. See velocity, junction, impurity, tenacity,… … English dictionary for students
fast — fast1 adjective 1》 moving or capable of moving at high speed. ↘taking place or acting rapidly. 2》 (of a clock or watch) showing a time ahead of the correct time. 3》 firmly fixed or attached. ↘(of friends) close and loyal. ↘(of a dye)… … English new terms dictionary
-fast — 1. an adjective suffix meaning lasting , not fading , as in colourfast. 2. a suffix forming adjectives, usually hyphenated, that indicate that an organism, as a bacillus, is resistant to the stain removing or toxic action of a specified agent, as …
fast green FCF — An acid arylmethane dye widely used in histology and cytology and less subject to fading than light green FCF which it has replaced in many procedures; used as a quantitative cytochemical stain for histones at alkaline pH after acid extraction of … Medical dictionary
