"slowness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-slowness.wav [US] Forms: slownesses [plural]
Etymology: slow + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|slow|ness}} slow + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} slowness (usually uncountable, plural slownesses)
  1. The quality or state of being slow. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being slow): βραδυτής (bradutḗs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), lentitud [feminine] (Catalan), pomalost [feminine] (Czech), langsomhed [common-gender] (Danish), langzaamheid (Dutch), traagheid [feminine] (Dutch), malrapideco (Esperanto), hitaus (Finnish), lenteur [feminine] (French), lentece [feminine] (Friulian), Langsamkeit [feminine] (German), Trägheit [feminine] (German), βραδύτητα (vradýtita) [neuter] (Greek), איטיות (itiyút) [feminine] (Hebrew), lassúság (Hungarian), kelambatan (Indonesian), leadrán [masculine] (Irish), lentezza [feminine] (Italian), 遅さ (ososa) (Japanese), 遅慢 (chiman) (Japanese), 緩慢 (kanman) (Japanese), lentitudo [feminine] (Latin), tarditās [feminine] (Latin), sēgnitia [feminine] (Latin), lēnums [masculine] (Latvian), langsomhet (Norwegian), lætnes [feminine] (Old English), powolność [feminine] (Polish), lentidão [feminine] (Portuguese), lentoare (Romanian), медли́тельность (medlítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pomalosť [neuter] (Slovak), lentitud [feminine] (Spanish), långsamhet (Swedish), మెల్లన (mellana) (Telugu), пові́льність (povílʹnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-slowness-en-noun-m21RWnmO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'quality of being slow': 92 8
  2. (physics) A unit, the reciprocal of velocity, that delineates the amount of time required for an object to travel a given distance. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-slowness-en-noun-5lo3Q0WB Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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