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Speedup

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An increase in speed; acceleration.

n. A required acceleration of work or production without an increase in pay.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An amount or rate of decrease in time taken.

n. The relationship between time taken and number of processors used.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Word Usage

"The speedup is the latest move in a tumultuous legislative session that followed last fall's midterm elections in which Republicans won the governorship and control of both chambers of the Legislature."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

speeding speed hurrying

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