Speed-up

Synonyms for "speed-up" (35 found)

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Closest matches (7)

acceleration accelerando aggravation beefing-up blowing up blowup

Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (11)

concentration condensation consolidation deepening drive enhancement exacerbation exaggeration explosion getaway heating-up

Related words (17)

heightening impetus information explosion intensification magnification pickup population explosion quickening redoubling reinforcement step up step-up strengthening thrust tightening

Noun(2 words)

quickening stretch-out

Translations

3 translations across 1 languages.

Spanish

3 entries

aceleración noun (speed-up)
acelerón noun (speed-up)
agilización noun (speed-up)

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King's Messenger, 1918-1940: Memoirs of a Silver Greyhound. By George P. Antrobus, O.B.E., King's Foreign Service Messenger 1918-1940. London: Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Price 10s. 6d. net. [...] "The great European express trains have an air of mystery and romance about them. Truth to tell, this is but ill-deserved. Except over the French portion of their journey they have no right to the title of express"—he was writing of conditions before the great speed-up of the last decade— [...].

Source: wiktionary

By comparison with steam, no big acceleration of the expresses proved possible between Leeds and Manchester and the speed-ups that have been secured owe a great deal to the excision of intermediate stops.

Source: wiktionary

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