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pace1       [peys] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, paced, pac·ing.
–noun
1.a rate of movement, esp. in stepping, walking, etc.: to walk at a brisk pace of five miles an hour.
2.a rate of activity, progress, growth, performance, etc.; tempo.
3.any of various standard linear measures, representing the space naturally measured by the movement of the feet in walking: roughly 30 to 40 in. (75 cm to 1 m). Compare geometrical pace, military pace, Roman pace.
4.a single step: She took three paces in the direction of the door.
5.the distance covered in a step: Stand six paces inside the gates.
6.a manner of stepping; gait.
7.a gait of a horse or other animal in which the feet on the same side are lifted and put down together.
8.any of the gaits of a horse.
9.a raised step or platform.
–verb (used with object)
10.to set the pace for, as in racing.
11.to traverse or go over with steps: He paced the floor nervously.
12.to measure by paces.
13.to train to a certain pace; exercise in pacing: to pace a horse.
14.(of a horse) to run (a distance) at a pace: Hanover II paced a mile.
–verb (used without object)
15.to take slow, regular steps.
16.to walk up and down nervously, as to expend nervous energy.
17.(of a horse) to go at a pace.
—Idioms
18.put through one's paces, to cause someone to demonstrate his or her ability or to show her or his skill: The French teacher put her pupils through their paces for the visitors.
19.set the pace, to act as an example for others to equal or rival; be the most progressive or successful: an agency that sets the pace in advertising.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME pas < OF < L passus step, pace, equiv. to pad-, var. s. of pandere to spread (the legs, in walking) + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > ss]

—Synonyms 8. step, amble, rack, trot, jog, canter, gallop, walk, run, singlefoot. 15. Pace, plod, trudge refer to a steady and monotonous kind of walking. Pace suggests steady, measured steps as of one completely lost in thought or impelled by some distraction: to pace up and down. Plod implies a slow, heavy, laborious, weary walk: The mailman plods his weary way. Trudge implies a spiritless but usually steady and doggedly persistent walk: The farmer trudged to his village to buy his supplies.
—Antonyms 15. scurry, scamper, skip.
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pa·ce2       [pey-see, pah-chey; Lat. pah-ke] Pronunciation Key
–preposition
with all due respect to; with the permission of: I do not, pace my rival, hold with the ideas of the reactionists.
[Origin: 1860–65; < L pāce in peace, by favor (abl. sing. of pāx peace, favor, pardon, grace)]
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pace 1       (pās)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A step made in walking; a stride.
  2. A unit of length equal to 30 inches (0.76 meter).
  3. The distance spanned by a step or stride, especially:
    1. The modern version of the Roman pace, measuring five English feet. Also called geometric pace.
    2. Thirty inches at quick marching time or 36 at double time.
    3. Five Roman feet or 58.1 English inches, measured from the point at which the heel of one foot is raised to the point at which it is set down again after an intervening step by the other foot.
    4. The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.
    5. The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.
    1. The rate of speed at which a person, animal, or group walks or runs.
    2. The rate of speed at which an activity or movement proceeds.
  5. A manner of walking or running: a jaunty pace.
  6. A gait of a horse in which both feet on one side are lifted and put down together.

v.   paced, pac·ing, pac·es

v.   tr.
  1. To walk or stride back and forth across: paced the floor nervously.
  2. To measure by counting the number of steps needed to cover a distance.
  3. To set or regulate the rate of speed for.
  4. To advance or develop (something) at a particular rate or tempo: a thriller that was paced at a breathtaking speed.
  5. To train (a horse) in a particular gait, especially the pace.

v.   intr.
  1. To walk with long deliberate steps.
  2. To go at the pace. Used of a horse or rider.


[Middle English, from Old French pas, from Latin passus, from past participle of pandere, to stretch, spread out; see petə- in Indo-European roots.]

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pa·ce 2       (pä'chā, -kā, pā'sē)  Pronunciation Key 
prep.   With the permission of; with deference to. Used to express polite or ironically polite disagreement: I have not, pace my detractors, entered into any secret negotiations.


[Latin pāce, ablative of pāx, peace; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]

pa'ce adv.
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pace  (1)
"a step," c.1280, from O.Fr. pas, from L. passus "a step," lit. pp. of pandere "to stretch (the leg), spread out," from PIE *pat-no-, from base *pete- "to spread" (cf. Gk. petalon "a leaf," O.E. fæðm "embrace, bosom, fathom"). The verb is first attested 1513, from the noun. Also, "a measure of five feet" [Johnson]. Pace-maker was originally (1884) a rider or boat that sets the pace for others in training; sense of "man-made device for stimulating and regulating heartbeat" is from 1951. Pace-setter in fashion is from 1895.

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pace  (2)
"with the leave of," 1863, from L. pace, abl. of pax "peace," as in pace tua "with all deference to you;" from PIE *pak- "to fasten" (see pax).

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pace

noun
1. the rate of moving (especially walking or running) 
2. the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep] 
3. the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" 
4. a step in walking or running 
5. the rate of some repeating event [syn: tempo] 
6. a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride [syn: yard] 

verb
1. walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" 
2. go at a pace; "The horse paced" 
3. measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" 
4. regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts" 

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pace

see change of pace; keep pace; put someone through his or her paces; set the pace; snail's pace.


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PACE
A CPU based on the Nova design, but with 16-bit addressing, more addressing modes and a 10 level stack (like the Intel 8008).
(1994-11-30)

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Pace, FL (CDP, FIPS 53725) Location: 30.59987 N, 87.15970 W
Population (1990): 6277 (2526 housing units)
Area: 24.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32571

Pace, MS (town, FIPS 54920) Location: 33.79206 N, 90.85908 W
Population (1990): 354 (130 housing units)
Area: 0.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Pace

Pace\, n. [OE. pas, F. pas, from L. passus a step, pace, orig., a stretching out of the feet in walking; cf. pandere, passum, to spread, stretch; perh. akin to E. patent. Cf. Pas, Pass.]

1. A single movement from one foot to the other in walking; a step.

2. The length of a step in walking or marching, reckoned from the heel of one foot to the heel of the other; -- used as a unit in measuring distances; as, he advanced fifty paces. "The heigh of sixty pace ." --Chaucer.

Note: Ordinarily the pace is estimated at two and one half linear feet; but in measuring distances be stepping, the pace is extended to three feet (one yard) or to three and three tenths feet (one fifth of a rod). The regulation marching pace in the English and United States armies is thirty inches for quick time, and thirty-six inches for double time. The Roman pace (passus) was from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when it next touched the ground, five Roman feet.

3. Manner of stepping or moving; gait; walk; as, the walk, trot, canter, gallop, and amble are paces of the horse; a swaggering pace; a quick pace. --Chaucer.

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day. --Shak.

In the military schools of riding a variety of paces are taught. --Walsh.

4. A slow gait; a footpace. [Obs.] --Chucer.

5. Specifically, a kind of fast amble; a rack.

6. Any single movement, step, or procedure. [R.]

The first pace necessary for his majesty to make is to fall into confidence with Spain. --Sir W. Temple.

7. (Arch.) A broad step or platform; any part of a floor slightly raised above the rest, as around an altar, or at the upper end of a hall.

8. (Weaving) A device in a loom, to maintain tension on the warp in pacing the web.

Geometrical pace, the space from heel to heel between the spot where one foot is set down and that where the same foot is again set down, loosely estimated at five feet, or by some at four feet and two fifths. See Roman pace in the Note under def. 2. [Obs.]

To keep, or hold, pace with, to keep up with; to go as fast as. "In intellect and attainments he kept pace with his age." --Southey.

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Pace

Pace\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paced; p. pr. & vb. n. Pacing.]

1. To go; to walk; specifically, to move with regular or measured steps. "I paced on slowly." --Pope. "With speed so pace." --Shak.

2. To proceed; to pass on. [Obs.]

Or [ere] that I further in this tale pace. --Chaucer.

3. To move quickly by lifting the legs on the same side together, as a horse; to amble with rapidity; to rack.

4. To pass away; to die. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Pace

Pace\, v. t. 1. To walk over with measured tread; to move slowly over or upon; as, the guard paces his round. "Pacing light the velvet plain." --T. Warton.

2. To measure by steps or paces; as, to pace a piece of ground.

3. To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in.

If you can, pace your wisdom In that good path that I would wish it go. --Shak

To pace the web (Weaving), to wind up the cloth on the beam, periodically, as it is woven, in a loom.

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