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Definition of Swiftest
1. swift [adj] - See also: swift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swiftest
Literary usage of Swiftest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus (1824)
"... the swiftest of all animals to the swiftest of all the Gods. was practised in
Persia in the time of Asia, we shall only observe, Cyrus, ..."
2. A Treatise on Fluxions by Colin MacLaurin (1801)
"If FPA be the line of swiftest descent from F to the lowermost point A, SA = a,
SP (= r) meet the circle AD described from the centre S in D, ..."
3. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The ostrich U the largest of all known birds, and perhaps the swiftest of all
cursorial animals. The feathers so much prized are the long white plumes of ..."
4. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... Thou'rt so far before, That swiftest wing of recompense is slow To overtake thee.
... swiftest ..."
5. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"... or curve of swiftest descent.—it was demonstrated by J. Bernoulli, and is
confirmed by experiment, that a body descending a cycloid, whose base is ..."
6. The History of Herodotus by Herodotus (1824)
"... the swiftest of all animals to the swiftest of all the Gods. was practised in
Persia in the time of Asia, we shall only observe, Cyrus, ..."
7. A Treatise on Fluxions by Colin MacLaurin (1801)
"If FPA be the line of swiftest descent from F to the lowermost point A, SA = a,
SP (= r) meet the circle AD described from the centre S in D, ..."
8. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Robertson Smith (1896)
"The ostrich U the largest of all known birds, and perhaps the swiftest of all
cursorial animals. The feathers so much prized are the long white plumes of ..."
9. English Synonymes Explained: In Alphabetical Order ; with Copious by George Crabb (1883)
"... Thou'rt so far before, That swiftest wing of recompense is slow To overtake thee.
... swiftest ..."
10. Principles of Physics, Or Natural Philosophy: Designed for the Use of by Benjamin Silliman (1871)
"... or curve of swiftest descent.—it was demonstrated by J. Bernoulli, and is
confirmed by experiment, that a body descending a cycloid, whose base is ..."
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