pace

Noun

pace (plural paces)

1. A step taken with the foot.

   Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron"s honor

2. Speed or velocity.

   OHSU accelerates pace of technology spin-offs.

3. (cricket) a measure of the hardness of the pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing

4 letters in word "pace": A C E P.

Anagrams of pace:

• cape

Words found within pace:

ace ae ape cap cep ea pa pac pe pea pec

• Definitions:
• the rate of moving (especially walking or running) footstep: the distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" walk with slow or fast paces; "He paced up and down the hall" a step in walking or running go at a pace; "The horse paced" tempo: the rate of some repeating event measure (distances) by pacing; "step off ten yards" yard: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride regulate or set the pace of; "Pace your efforts"
• D. W. Griffith said, "Pace is the secret of the director's art...[It is] the ebb and flow of...tides of excitement, the rhythmical movement of events toward...consummation."
• Pace is a surname in both Italian and English. In addition to being found in Italy and England, it is also found in Germany, is very common in Malta, and can be found among Italian and British immigrants in places like the United States. ...
• Pace is the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority in the Chicago area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to CTA, Metra and Pace.
• Pace Micro Technology plc () is a British developer of set top boxes for digital satellite, cable and IPTV operators, founded in 1982. They took over from Amstrad as the main supplier for Sky. ...
• A pace (or double-pace) is a measure of distance used in Ancient Rome. It is the measure of a full stride from the position of the heel when it is raised from the ground to the point the heel is set down again at the end of the step. ...
• the speed at which a putt should be moving to get to the hole. Pace and break are the two components of green-reading.
• A lateral gait that tends to promote a rolling motion of the body. The left foreleg and left hind leg advance in unison, then the right foreleg and right hind leg.
• Acronym reminding members to Promote Alpha Chi Every day.
• Pace factor (available since the 1973-74 season in NBA); the formula is 48 * ((Tm Poss + Opp Poss) / (2*(Tm MP / 5))). Pace factor is an estimate of the number of possessions per 48 minutes by a team.
• The speed at which the story and action in a play runs.
• A two-time lateral gait in which the hindleg and the foreleg on the same side move together.
• a rate of movement; in walking, one step
• The rate of covering a specific distance while running or walking.
• the 'speed' at which a text moves; for example, an adventure story may be 'fast-moving' with lots of incident and dialogue, while a romantic novel may be 'slower', containing less action and more description
• A two-beated gait in which the front and rear limbs on the same side move forward or back at the same time. It is a medium speed gait and is the least stable. See more information on gaits. Packer
• The speed at which a race is run. Up with the pace means close to the leaders, off the pace means some way behind.
• a federal program offering elderly clients a range of health care services, transportation, food, and social activities, as well as physical, recreational, and occupational therapy
• The tempo and running time set by the leaders of a race in the early and middle stages of the contest.
• in weight lifting, as in other sports, a training term referring to the gauged speed at which one trains. Pace will vary with personality, purpose, mood or external factors (gym busy-ness, injury, other revolting interruptions).
• the speed or rhythm with which a story is told.
• A single step, left foot to right or right to left. It can also imply speed of progression as in slow or fast paced.
• a gait found in many horses that don't trot, where legs on the same side of the body move together.
• (1809), Easter; ad. Du. paasch, pronounced (pas). Pinkster (1821), Whitsuntide; local to New York; ad. Du. Pinkster, now also in mod.Du. in the dative form Pinksteren.
• speed of action and speech
• The rate of movement or overall speed of a speech.
• average running speed over the course
• Relative speed of the leaders of a race at various stages during the race.
• the intensity, rhythm or speed (or lack thereof) of a story’s plot action.
• also used to describe a-two-beats-to-each-stride with both legs on one side moving together
• The Pace is a two beat gait where the horse moves both legs on the same side together.

• pacations ←
• pacation ←
• pacas ←
• pace
• → paced
• → pacemaker
• → pacemakers