Speed

n.	1.	Prosperity in an undertaking; favorable issue; success. O Lord God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day. - Gen. xxiv. 12.
	2.	The act or state of moving swiftly; swiftness; velocity; rapidly; rate of motion; dispatch; as, the speed a horse or a vessel. Speed, to describe whose swiftness number fails. - Milton.
	3.	One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success. God speed Good speed; prosperity. See Godspeed. Speed gauge (Mach.) devices for indicating or recording the rate of a body's motion, as the number of revolutions of a shaft in a given time. Speed lathe (Mach.) a power lathe with a rapidly revolving spindle, for turning small objects, for polishing, etc.; a hand lathe. Speed pulley a cone pulley with steps.
v. i.	1.	To go; to fare. [imp. & p. p. Sped (spĕd), Speeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Speeding.] To warn him now he is too farre sped. - Remedy of Love.
	2.	To experience in going; to have any condition, good or ill; to fare. Ships heretofore in seas like fishes sped; The mightiest still upon the smallest fed. - Waller.
	3.	To fare well; to have success; to prosper. Save London, and send true lawyers their meed! For whoso wants money with them shall not speed! - Lydgate. I told ye then he should prevail, and speed On his bad errand. - Milton.
	4.	To make haste; to move with celerity. I have speeded hither with the very extremest inch of possibility. - Shak.
	5.	To be expedient.
v. t.	1.	To cause to be successful, or to prosper; hence, to aid; to favor. With rising gales that speed their happy flight. - Dryden.
	2.	To cause to make haste; to dispatch with celerity; to drive at full speed; hence, to hasten; to hurry. He sped him thence home to his habitation. - Fairfax.
	3.	To hasten to a conclusion; to expedite. Judicial acts . . . are sped in open court at the instance of one or both of the parties. - Ayliffe.
	4.	To hurry to destruction; to put an end to; to ruin; to undo. A dire dilemma! either way I 'm sped. If foes, they write, if friends, they read, me dead. - Pope.
	5.	To wish success or god fortune to, in any undertaking, especially in setting out upon a journey. Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest. - Pope. God speed you etc., may God speed you; or, may you have good speed.

Noun	1.	speed - distance travelled per unit time Synonyms: velocity
	2.	speed - a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed" Synonyms: fastness, swiftness
	3.	speed - changing location rapidly Synonyms: hurrying, speeding
	4.	speed - the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system Synonyms: f number, focal ratio, stop number
	5.	speed - a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression Synonyms: amphetamine, pep pill, upper
Verb	1.	speed - step on it; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street" Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, hasten
	2.	speed - move faster; "The car accelerated" Synonyms: accelerate, quicken, speed up
	3.	speed - travel at an excessive or illegal velocity; "I got a ticket for speeding"
	4.	speed - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed" Synonyms: hurry, travel rapidly, zip
	5.	speed - cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car" Synonyms: accelerate, speed up

SPEED - Early system on LGP-30. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).

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