Pacing may refer to:
In sport
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Pacing, an athletic technique of spreading one's effort out over longer-distance track and field races (also in
swimming)
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Pacing (horse gait)
Horses can use various gaits (patterns of leg movement) during locomotion across solid ground, either naturally or as a result of specialized training by humans.Ensminger, M. E. ''Horses and Horsemanship'' 6th edition USA: Interstate Publishers ...
, a horse gait used in standardbred horse races
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Motor-paced racing, bicycling behind a car or motorcycle to profit from the slipstream
In medicine
* Pacing, an example of
psychomotor agitation where a person walks around a room because of mental stress or anxiety
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Pacing (activity management)
Pacing is an activity management technique for managing a long-term health condition or disability, aiming to maximize what a person can do while reducing, or at least controlling, any symptoms that restrict activity. Pacing is commonly used to hel ...
, used to manage symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome
* ''Cardiac pacing'', regulation of the
heart rate, generally in the sense of artificial methods:
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Artificial pacemaker, a medical device
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Transcutaneous pacing, a means of making the heart beat during a medical emergency
Other uses
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Pacing (surveying) Pacing is a reasonably easy and quick method of measuring distance in the field. It is used to measure a distance and is often used with a sighting or a hand compass. Most commonly, pacing is split up into segments, such as chains, which are set me ...
, a means of estimating distances by counting the number of paces taken to walk a traverse
* Pacing, a technique in
hypnosis and
neuro-linguistic programming
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Pacing (narrative)
In literature, pace, or pacing is the speed at which a story is told—not necessarily the speed at which the story takes place. The number of words needed to write about a certain event does not depend upon how much time the event takes to happe ...
, the speed at which a story is told
See also
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Pace (disambiguation)
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