そくど
Meanings
Noun
1. speed; velocity; pace; rate
2. velocity
Pitch accent
くど
Composed of
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
acceleration
reaction velocity
to ease up the speed
Examples (12 in total)
He calculated the speed of light.
The police car was driving at fairly high speed.
The speed of light is much greater than that of sound.
Suddenly, he accelerated the car.
There are several ways to measure speed.
The express train picked up speed gradually.
The speed of an airplane is much greater than that of a helicopter.
There is no such thing as the right speed for intelligent reading.
I must make up for lost time by driving fast.
In towns, speed is limited to 50 km/h.
The train was moving at 500 miles per hour.
The velocity of light is about 186,000 miles per second.