half speed
Fifty percent velocity
Half speed means at fifty percent of normal or full velocity.
Equipment running at half speed operates slower than designed capacity: The assembly line ran at half speed during the shortage.
In music and video, half speed playback slows audio or footage for detailed analysis or practice: I learned the solo by playing it at half speed.
- slowLacking in speed
- slow motionPlayback below normal speed
- slo moSlowed-down video playback
- tempoRate of musical performance
- playbackReproducing recorded media
crawl · snail's pace · reduced · sluggish · deliberate · lumbering · gradual · decelerate · dial it back · low gear · drag · plodding · leisurely · creeping · vinyl · turntable · record player · tape deck
- ship speedsknots, dead slow
- slow motionslow motion, slo-mo, slow-motion, bullet time, slowdown
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
half speedfull speed
Maximum rate of motion
top speed · full throttle · maximum speed · full tilt · full bore
half speedfull power
Maximum operational capacity
maximum effort · all out · firing on all cylinders · full throttle · full bore
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