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groundspeed

noun

Etymology

From ground + speed.

  1. derived from *speh₁-✻
  2. derived from *spōaną✻
  3. derived from *spōan✻
  4. inherited from *spōdi✻
  5. inherited from spēd
  6. inherited from sped
  7. compounded as groundspeed — “ground + speed”

Definitions

  1. The horizontal speed of an aircraft relative to the ground.

The neighborhood

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