travel speed

How fast going

Travel speed is the rate at which someone or something moves from one place to another, typically measured in distance per unit of time.

The term appears in contexts ranging from vehicle specifications to video game mechanics: The tank's travel speed maxes out at 45 mph, Increase your travel speed with better boots.

Distinguished from other speed measurements like combat speed or processing speed, travel speed specifically concerns locomotion across distances.

Related

cruising altitude · acceleration · full throttle · pedal to the metal · swift · rapid · lightning fast · hurtle · zoom · highway · knots · blur · momentum · throttle · sprint · dash · rushing · slowdown

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Opposites
velocity magnitude

travel speedcrawl

Move slowly, low

snail's pace · slowness · sluggishness · dawdling · plodding

motion versus stillness

travel speedstandstill

Total cessation of movement

immobility · motionlessness · stationariness · stasis · stopped

Family

travel, speed, travels, traveled, travelling, traveling, traveler, traveller, travelers

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G