SPEEDUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does speedup mean? 

• SPEEDUP (noun)
  The noun SPEEDUP has 1 sense:

1. the act of accelerating; increasing the speed

  Familiarity information: SPEEDUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEEDUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of accelerating; increasing the speed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

acceleration; quickening; speedup

Hypernyms ("speedup" is a kind of...):

hurrying; speed; speeding (changing location rapidly)

Derivation:

speed up (move faster)

speed up (cause to move faster)

 Context examples 

However, older ice sheet models predicted the speedup would be temporary because the glaciers would soon melt back onto higher ground and stabilize.

(Hidden Greenland canyons mean more sea level rise, NASA)

A NASA study has located the Antarctic glaciers that accelerated the fastest between 2008 and 2014 and finds that the most likely cause of their speedup is an observed influx of warm water into the bay where they're located.

(Wind, Warm Water Revved Up Melting Antarctic Glaciers, NASA)