Definition of Slownesses

1. slowness [n] - See also: slowness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slownesses

slower
slowers
slowest
slowgoing
slowing
slowings
slowish
slowlier
slowliest
slowliness
slowly
slowly but surely
slowmatch
slowmatches
slowness
slownesses
slowpitch
slowplay
slowplayed
slowplaying
slowplays
slowpoke
slowpokes
slows
slowth
slowworm
slowworms
sloyd
sloyds
slub

Literary usage of Slownesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technical Digest Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements edited by P. A. Williams, G. W. Day (2001)
"From the numerical model, extra information about the pulse transmission can be extracted. For example, the group slownesses (group delay per metre) of the ..."

2. A History of the Theory of Elasticity and of the Strength of Materials: From by Isaac Todhunter (1893)
"(b) The third problem is entitled : To annul slownesses relatively to Ox, Oy, Oz. This amounts to equating to zero the coefficients of asymmetrical ..."

3. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1838)
"... a severe acquaintance, the two darling slownesses became one, mixed (to use the language of the trade) their two mild vinegars of affections — the ..."

4. The Harmony of the World by Johannes Kepler, E. J. Aiton, Alistair Matheson Duncan, Judith Veronica Field (1997)
"If it were constant and perpetual in individual cas there is no doubt that these speeds, or slownesses, of the various bodi would have been attuned to ..."

5. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1837)
"... that is, equal to the slownesses of the rays. For it is a general theorem of reciprocity between surfaces, which can easily be deduced from the evident ..."

6. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... followed up by such chances of collecting as the slownesses and stops of a drive over the Pass finally afforded. Fortunately, the morning of August 12th ..."

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