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slowness

English

Etymology

slow +? -ness

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.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

  • snowless

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lowness

English

Etymology

low +? -ness

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??n?s

Noun

lowness (countable and uncountable, plural lownesses)

  1. The property of being low.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
      Then I was forced to rest; and, sitting down on the ground, saw that the glimmering streak of light had faded, and that the awful blackness of the previous night was creeping up again. And now I had no heart to face it, being cowed with hunger, thirst, and weariness; and so flung myself upon my face, that I might not see how dark it was, and groaned for very lowness of spirit.
  2. (countable) Something that is low or vulgar.
    lownesses of expression

Translations

Anagrams

  • slowens

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