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Definition of Speed-reading
1. Noun. Reading at speeds significantly faster than normal.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Speed-reading
Literary usage of Speed-reading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Deficiencies in Reading Ability: Their Diagnosis and Remedies by Clarence Truman Gray (1922)
"The results of the practice are shown in Table XXIII. TABLE XXIII Record of a
Subject before and after Practice in Speed Reading ..."
2. Content Area Reading: A Heuristic Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1990)
"Purveyors of speed-reading courses will say that there is a high positive
correlation among fixation time, rate, and reading comprehension. ..."
3. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: In Two Parts : a Book of Directions by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"(5) Relation of speed reading forward to speed reading backward. The author's
tests show a correlation of .79, PE about .09, between the rate of reading the ..."
4. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"(5) Relation of speed reading forward to speed reading backward. The author's
tests show a correlation of .79, ..."
5. Skill in Communication: A Vital Element in Effective Management by David D. Acker (1994)
"These courses often rely eye span—the span of recognition, speed-reading or
rapid-reading "fixations," is determined by the force the student to concentrate ..."
6. Alliance Adrift by Yoichi Funabashi (1999)
"Take a speed reading course.... Speed reading and learning how to skim ...
As for the speed reading course, he didn't need it, having mastered it in his ..."
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