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Webster 1913 Edition


Slowness

Slow′ness

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Noun.
The quality or state of being slow.

Webster 1828 Edition


Slowness

SLOWNESS

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Noun.
1.
Moderate motion; want of speed or velocity. Swifness and slowness are relative ideas.
2.
Tardy advance; moderate progression; as the slowness of an operation; slowness of growth or improvement.
3.
Dullness to admit conviction or affection; as slowness of heart.
4.
Want of readiness or promptness; dullness of intellect.
5.
Deliberation; coolness; caution in deciding.
6.
Dilatoriness; tardiness.

Definition 2024


slowness

slowness

English

Noun

slowness (usually uncountable, plural slownesses)

  1. The quality or state of being slow.
  2. (physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance.

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References

  • slowness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • slowness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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