Lexic.us

Definition of Running start

1. Noun. A racing start in which the contestants are already in full motion when they pass the starting line.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Running Start

Literary usage of Running start

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

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"ments with running start those with 3 cm. were made with the least practice. ... The average value with a running start of 0.5 cm. is the largest of those ..."

2. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"Hang, pass feet outside hands to knee hanging position, swing and dismount by half backward circle to floor (with assistance). running start: short ..."

3. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1921)
"Hang, pass feet outside hands to knee hanging position, swing and dismount by half backward circle to floor (with assistance). running start: short ..."

4. The Elementary School Teacher and Course of Study by JSTOR (Organization), University of Chicago School of Education (1902)
"Repeat exercises with a " running start." [Commands: "Begin!" Or: "Next — one — two!" Upon the command " Next ! " the rank in order runs forward to skip, ..."

5. A Manual of Physical Training and Preparatory Military Instruction for by Frederick Arnold Kuenzli, Henry Panzer (1916)
"As in 2 but after short running start and take-off from either or both feet, 24 inches. 3. After short running start and take-off from either or both feet, ..."

6. Elementary Algebra: First[-second] Year Course by Florian Cajori, Letitia Rebekah Odell (1915)
"Is the distance a boy can jump either "directly" or "inversely" 'proportional to the running start ? Can this example be worked by proportion ? ..."

7. The Aeronautical Annual by James Means (1896)
"The larger birds take a running start against the wind or throw themselves into ... But, on taking a running start from a correspondingly inclined surface, ..."

8. A Teachers' Course in Physical Training by Wilbur Pardon Bowen (1917)
"When the jump is forward it can be taken with a running start, inserting into the command the words "with one (or more) running step, starting with left ..."

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