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ground⋅speed

  [ground-speed]
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–noun
the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
Also, ground speed.

Origin:
1915–20; ground 1 + speed
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ground speed also ground·speed   (ground'spēd')
n.   Abbr. GS
The speed of an airborne aircraft relative to the ground it traverses in a given period of time.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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