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Meaning of "typing speed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TYPING SPEED

typing speed  [ˈtaɪpɪŋ spiːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TYPING SPEED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Typing speed is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TYPING SPEED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Words per minute

Words per minute, commonly abbreviated WPM, is a measure of input or output speed. For the purpose of typing measurement, each word is standardized to be five characters or keystrokes long, including spaces and punctuation. For example, the phrase "I run" counts as one word, but "rhinoceros" and "let's talk" both count as two. Conversely, Characters per minute, or CPM, is equal to the WPM measurement times five.

Definition of typing speed in the English dictionary

The definition of typing speed in the dictionary is the number of words someone can accurately type in one minute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TYPING SPEED


airspeed
ˈɛəˌspiːd
anguipede
ˈæŋɡwɪˈˌpiːd
centipede
ˈsɛntɪˌpiːd
cirrhipede
ˈsɪrɪˌpiːd
cirripede
ˈsɪrɪˌpiːd
fissipede
ˈfɪsɪˌpiːd
Godspeed
ˈɡɒdˈspiːd
groundspeed
ˈɡraʊndˌspiːd
impede
ɪmˈpiːd
maxillipede
mækˈsɪlɪˌpiːd
millepede
ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd
millipede
ˈmɪlɪˌpiːd
multipede
ˈmʌltɪˌpiːd
multispeed
ˈmʌltɪˌspiːd
speed
spiːd
stampede
stæmˈpiːd
superspeed
ˈsuːpərˌspiːd
velocipede
vɪˈlɒsɪˌpiːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TYPING SPEED

typic
typical
typicality
typically
typicalness
typification
typified
typifier
typifies
typify
typing
typing error
typing paper
typing pool
typist
typo
typo.
typog.
typograph
typographer

WORDS THAT END LIKE TYPING SPEED

at speed
average speed
base speed
cruising speed
dictation speed
equivalent air speed
film speed
group speed
high-speed
instantaneous speed
landing speed
phase speed
reading speed
shutter speed
two-speed
up to speed
wave speed

Synonyms and antonyms of typing speed in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «typing speed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TYPING SPEED

Find out the translation of typing speed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of typing speed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «typing speed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

打字速度
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

velocidad de escritura
570 millions of speakers

English

typing speed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टाइपिंग की गति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سرعة الطباعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

набрав скорость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

velocidade de digitação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টাইপ করার গতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vitesse de frappe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kelajuan menaip
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tippgeschwindigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

タイピング速度
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

타이핑 속도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngetik kacepetan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tốc độ đánh máy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தட்டச்சு வேகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टाइपिंगची गती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yazma hızı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

velocità di battitura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szybkość pisania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

набравши швидкість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viteza de dactilografiere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταχύτητα πληκτρολόγησης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tik spoed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skrivhastighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrivehastigheten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of typing speed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPING SPEED»

The term «typing speed» is regularly used and occupies the 80.936 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TYPING SPEED» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TYPING SPEED»

Discover the use of typing speed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to typing speed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Typing the Easy Way
This valuable manual presents a step-by-step drill and general format designed to teach touch-typing.
Warren T. Schimmel, Stanley A. Lieberman, 1996
2
Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction
On a separate day, the participants used the keyboards again while the experimenters recorded EMG levels. The average typing speed for these participants on the standard keyboard was 73 wpm. After the 115 minutes of practice, the typists' ...
M.G. Helander, T.K. Landauer, P.V. Prabhu, 1997
3
Typing for Beginners
A basic typing hand book using the self-teaching, learn-at-your-own- speed methods of one of New York's most successful business schools.
Betty Owen, 1985
4
Learning by Playing. Game-based Education System Design and ...
The dependent variable was typing speed. The difference of typing speed between pre-test and post-test and the effect on typing speed of different software would be compared. The result showed that both kinds of typing software could ...
Maiga Chang, Rita Kuo, Kinshuk, 2009
5
Transactions on Edutainment III
improve students' typing speed is that the attractive multimedia effect increases students' learning motivation. In order to complete the missions, the students must type faster and faster. In this context, the typing speed was improved. 4.2.2 The ...
Zhigeng Pan, Maiga Chang, Adrian David Cheok, 2010
6
Mastering MIcrosoft VBA
Case 60 To 75 strMsg = "We are satisfied with your typing speed." Case 75 To 99 "Typing Speed") strMsg = "Your typing is more than adequate." Case 100 To 200 strMsg = "You wear out keyboards with your blinding speed." Case Is > 200 ...
Guy Hart-Davis, 2006
7
Translation and Cognition
As long as the typed copy is correct, the differences between typists will only concern speed. The measurement of typing speed is relatively straightforward. During a typing test, individuals are given a previously unseen text and are asked to ...
Gregory M. Shreve, Erik Angelone, 2010
8
Human Hand Function
1986. with the permission of the author. ally fixated and the letter that is typed at a particular instant. known as the eye-hand span. increases with typing speed. It appears that. with practice. skilled typists learn to look ahead of the currently ...
Lynette A. Jones, Susan J. Lederman, 2006
9
Unified Theories of Cognition
V a o o o 180 -, 160- 140- 120 - 100 - 80 - 60 40 60 80 100 120 140 Typing Speed (gross words per minute) Figure 5-18. Motor operator versus typing speed (John, 1988). saw earlier in the analysis of SRC (Figure 5-11) how those times ...
Allen Newell, 1994
10
The Linux Cookbook: Tips and Techniques for Everyday Use
You can test your typing speed by combining a few tools. To test your typing speed at the shell prompt, run cat and type some text, piping the output to wc to get the word count of what you type. Run date immediately before and after the test by ...
Michael Stutz, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TYPING SPEED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term typing speed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Typing Test To Diagnose Parkinson's
In order to type a word, your brain has to send signals down through your spinal ... the people who were sleepy had a much wider variation in their typing speed. «Popular Science, Apr 15»
2
Scientists Make Energy-Generating Keyboard That Knows Who's …
As well as sensing touch and typing style, the non-mechanical keyboard is able ... Enough to charge “small electronics at arbitrary typing speed greater than 100 ... «TechCrunch, Jan 15»
3
Woman Brilliantly Shuts Down Man Who Accuses Her Of Lying On …
That's exactly what happened to London-based writer Natalie Guest when she posted her typing speed -- 120 words per minute, in case you're wondering -- on ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
4
BeeRaider's Keyboard Could Help to Double Your Typing Speed
BeeRaider Keyboards is preparing to manufacture its first physical keyboards incorporating its unique and patented Radial Keyboard design, which the ... «PR.com, Jan 15»
5
Video: The world's fastest keyboard just set a new record on the …
After its iOS app released in September, Fleksy made the iPhone 6 Plus the fastest phone for typing by clocking-in a new typing speed record on the device. «BGR, Nov 14»
6
What Speed Typing Has to Do With NBA History
While my typing speed gives me a big advantage, this has minimal similarity to competitive typing. In competitive typing, you don't have to check or verify ... «FiveThirtyEight, May 14»
7
Minuum keyboard hands-on
As some will likely point out, yes, our typing speed was VERY SLOW with Minuum. To that point, this was with less than five minutes of using it. We would expect ... «Android Community, Mar 14»
8
New iOS Swiping Keyboard Capable of 120WPM Speeds
Because the keyboard allows users to both type normally and swipe through letters with one or two hands, it can result in some impressive typing speeds. «Mac Rumors, Jan 14»
9
Swype co-founder reinvents tablet typing with Dryft
Anyone who has spent significant time typing on a tablet knows that despite its ... Marsden says those two features considerably boost natural typing speed up to ... «GigaOM, Sep 13»
10
Techie now aiming for the Guinness in record typing speed
He has earned a place in the India Book of Records for typing all the 26 letters in alphabetical order without spaces in 2.16 seconds, and with spaces in 3.9 ... «The Hindu, Jun 13»

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