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  • 71Accelerated motion — Accelerate Ac*cel er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accelerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accelerating}.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See {Celerity}.] 1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to… …

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  • 72Accelerating — Accelerate Ac*cel er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accelerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accelerating}.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See {Celerity}.] 1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to… …

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  • 73Accelerating force — Accelerate Ac*cel er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accelerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accelerating}.] [L. acceleratus, p. p. of accelerare; ad + celerare to hasten; celer quick. See {Celerity}.] 1. To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to… …

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  • 74Flitting — Flit ting, n. 1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering. [1913 Webster] 2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at… …

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  • 75Froude number — ▪ physics       in hydrology and fluid mechanics, dimensionless quantity used to indicate the influence of gravity on fluid motion. It is generally expressed as F = v/(gd) 1/2, in which d is depth of flow, g is the gravitational acceleration… …

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  • 76expedition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haste, dispatch, promptness, speed, alacrity; journey, quest, tour, trip, jaunt, excursion; crusade, campaign. See earliness, warfare, travel. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Travel undertaken] Syn. excursion …

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