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average speed
noun
- the total distance traveled divided by the total time elapsed.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of average speed1
First recorded in 1820–30
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Example Sentences
Between 1980 and 1990, the average speed of a Tour de France rider was 37.5 kilometers per hour.
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Tried at a measured mile with anthracite and Merthyr coal mixed, three years afterwards, her average speed was 11 knots.
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The average speed of the most rapid construction is reported to be at the rate of a slow walk.
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He has not very full control of the ball, but his curves are good, and he possesses more than the average speed.
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These daring pilots made the distance of 1900 miles in sixteen hours—an average speed of 119 miles an hour.
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The average speed of the winner was something like twenty-two kilometres an hour.
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