top speed

collocation in English

meaningsoftopandspeed

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top
adjective[before noun]
uk
/tɒp/us
/tɑːp/
at the highest part ...
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speed
noun
uk
/spiːd/us
/spiːd/
how fast ...
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(Definition oftopandspeedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Horizontal acceleration decreases rapidly as they approachtopspeed.
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As runners approachtopspeed, they straighten up.
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Attopspeed, the robot zooms around at nearly a hundredth of an inch a second.
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Overall, these trends confirm that the intensifiers in this community are changing attopspeed.
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Ourtopspeedwhen operative was about 15 knots.
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I always seem to be running round attopspeed.
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Theirtopspeedis very nearly 200 miles per hour.
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Thetopspeedis 60 miles an hour.
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Therefore, this is being conducted attopspeed.
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They had atopspeedof 48 knots.
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With the help of these maps, the city becomes a site for creative living and affective encounter, not simply something we pass through attopspeed.
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The aircraft is twin-engined with atopspeedof about 250 miles an hour.
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They will need to accelerate rapidly and maintain atopspeedof at least 125 mph.
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Therefore, they will not need to be able to operate the verytopspeedfighters.
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This has thirty-two seats, and an estimatedtopspeedof 217 miles per hour.
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It does not limit thetopspeed, but it takes longer to get there.
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If those gentlemen work attopspeedthey can do so in 15 years.
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Advertisedtopspeed150 mph.
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Topspeedis limited to.
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Topspeedremained the same.
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This limits thetopspeed.
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Topspeedincreased considerably to.
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Thetopspeedwas 100 km/h and with the biggest gear ratio thetopspeedwas 1.6 km/h.
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Because of the gears, thetopspeedwas not limited to thetopspeedof the horses.
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Thetopspeedof 1.6 m/s can only be reached when the vehicle moves along a straight line, and automatically decreases to zero as the desired curvature increases.
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