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Definition of Quickest

1. Adverb. Most quickly.

Definition of Quickest

1. Adjective. (superlative of quick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quickest

1. quick [adj] - See also: quick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quickest

Literary usage of Quickest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Elementary Treatise on Analytic Mechanics by Edward Albert Bowser (1884)
"The Straight Line of quickest Descent from (1) a Given Point to a Given Straight Line (2) from a Given Point to a Given Curve. (1) Let A be the given point ..."

2. A Treatise on Infinitesimal Calculus: Containing Differential and Integral by Bartholomew Price (1857)
"To determine the plane of quickest descent from, (1) a given point to a given straight line, (2) a given straight line to a given point. (1) Let A, fig. ..."

3. An Elementary Treatise on Analytic Mechanics: With Numerous Examples by Edward Albert Bowser (1888)
"The Straight Line of quickest Descent from (1) a Given Point to a Given Straight Line (2) from a Given Point to a Given Curve. (1) Let A be the given point ..."

4. An Elementary Treatise on Dynamics: Containing Applications to by Benjamin Williamson, Francis Alexander Tarleton (1889)
"Une of quickest or Slowest Descent to any Curve.—It is easily seen from the preceding Article that the determination of the right line of quickest or ..."

5. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1882)
"An ellipse is placed with its minor axis horizontal ; find (1) the lines of quickest, or slowest, descent from any point on the major ¡ixis to the curve, ..."

6. A Collection of Problems in Illustration of the Principles of Elementary by William Walton (1880)
"Lines of quickest descent. (1) A given point and a given straight line are in the same vertical plane : to determine the straight line of quickest descent ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Purchases are made and commissions executed for patrons, in the quickest possible time, at places in United States, Canada and Europe, ..."

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