Speed In everyday use and in kinematics, the speed (commonly referred to as ''v'') of an object is the magnitude of the change of its position over time or the magnitude of the change of its position per unit of time; it is thus a scalar quanti ...

is the rate of motion, change, or activity. Speed may also refer to:

People and fictional characters

* Speed (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the surname, given name or nickname

Places

United States

Speed, Indiana Speed is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily locat ...

* Speed, Kansas *

Speed, Missouri Speed is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri, Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri, Cooper County, Missouri, United States. Geography Speed is located along Missouri Route F on th ...

* Speed, North Carolina * Speed, West Virginia

Elsewhere

Speed, Victoria Speed is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 143 km from Mildura, Victoria and about 410 km from Melbourne. Speed was named after William, Harold and Gordon Speed, who settled in the district in 1903. Settlement by ...

, Australia *

Speed River The Speed River is a river that flows through Wellington County and the Region of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows south from its source near Orton, through Guelph, where it is joined by the Eramosa River, then through the tow ...

, Canada

Arts and entertainment

Amusement rides

Speed (ride) Speed is an amusement ride design produced by the Dutch company KMG. It is commonly referred to as KMG Booster, due to its similarity with the Fabbri Booster ride. It has become an extremely common ride on European travelling funfair A ...

, a pendulum fair ride * Speed: No Limits, a roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park in Wales * Speed – The Ride, a roller coaster formerly at the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Film and television

* ''Speed'' (serial), a 1922 film serial directed by George B. Seitz * ''Speed'' (1925 film), an American film starring Betty Blythe * ''Speed'' (1936 film), an American film starring James Stewart * ''Speed'' (1983 film), a Soviet film directed by Dmitry Svetozarov * ''Speed'' (1984 film), an IMAX documentary * ''Speed'' (1994 film), an American film starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock * ''Speed'' (2007 film), an Indian film starring Zayed Khan and Urmila Matondkar * ''Speed'' (2015 film), a South Korean film written and directed by Lee Sang-woo *

Speed (Australian TV network) Speed was an Australian satellite and cable television sports network dedicated to motorsport. The network was owned by Fox Sports Pty Limited and launched on 1 November 2010. It is a sister of the now defunct US channel of the same name, alt ...

, a defunct motorsport network *

Speed (TV network) Speed was an American sports-oriented cable and satellite television network that was owned by the Fox Sports Media Group division of 21st Century Fox. The network was dedicated to motorsports programming, including auto racing, as well as aut ...

, a defunct American motorsports and automobiles channel * ''Speed'' (TV series), a 2001 British series about fast vehicles

Music

Speed metal Speed metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM) roots.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Berg Publishers, 2007), , p. 31. It ...

or "speed", a subgenre of heavy metal music *

Speedcore Speedcore is a form of electronic music that is characterized by a high tempo and aggressive themes. It was created in the early to mid-1990s and the name originates from the hardcore genre as well as the high-speed tempo used. This music rarely ...

or "speed", a subgenre of hardcore techno * Speed (Australian band), an Australian heavy metal band, formed in 2019 *

Speed (Japanese band) Speed (stylized as SPEED) were a Japanese female vocal/dance group comprising Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Takako Uehara and Hitoe Arakaki. All four members are former students of the Okinawa Actors School which also trained popular artists Na ...

, a female vocal/dance group *

Speed (South Korean band) Speed (Korean: 스피드; commonly stylized as SPEED) was a South Korean boy band formed by MBK Entertainment (formerly known as Core Contents Media) in 2012. The group was formerly Coed School's male unit until they became an independent group ...

, a group created from members of Coed School * "Speed" (Billy Idol song), 1994 * "Speed" (Buck-Tick song), 1991 * "Speed" (Montgomery Gentry song), 2002 * "Speed" (Zazie song), 2018 * "Speed", a song by Bond from ''

Shine Shine may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Shine'' (film), a 1996 Australian film based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist * Shine, a fictional character in the American animated TV series ''Shimmer and Shine'' Lite ...

'', 2002

Other

IShowSpeed Darren Watkins Jr. (born January 21, 2005), better known by his online alias IShowSpeed (or simply Speed), is an American YouTuber, streamer, rapper, and internet personality. He is known for his variety livestreams in which he primarily plays ...

or Speed, American YouTuber, streamer, and rapper Darren Watkins Jr. (born 2005) *

Speed Art Museum The Speed Art Museum, originally known as the J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, now colloquially referred to as the Speed by locals, is the oldest and largest art museum in Kentucky. It was established in 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky on Third Street ...

, Louisville, Kentucky *

Speed (card game) Speed is a game for two players or more of the shedding family of card games, in which players try to get rid of all of their cards first. How to deal Each player is dealt five cards to form a hand and 15 cards face down to the side as a dr ...

, a shedding game *

Speed (Marvel Comics) Speed (Thomas "Tommy" Shepherd) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is depicted as a member of the Young Avengers, a team of teenaged superheroes in the Marvel Universe. His powers a ...

, a fictional superhero * ''Speed'' (novel), a 1970 novel by William S. Burroughs Jr.

Other uses

Amphetamine Amphetamine (contracted from alpha- methylphenethylamine) is a strong central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, and obesity. It is also commonly used ...

substituted amphetamine Substituted amphetamines are a class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substituting, one or more hydrogen atoms in the amphetamine core structure with sub ...

, and related compounds, in slang * Speed (finance), in quantitative finance, a third-order Greek *

J. B. Speed School of Engineering The J. B. Speed School of Engineering was founded in 1925 as part of the University of Louisville in the U.S. state of Kentucky with money from the James Breckenridge Speed Foundation which was created by his children William S. Speed and Olive ...

, formerly Speed Scientific School, at the University of Louisville *

Lens speed Lens speed refers to the maximum aperture diameter, or minimum f-number, of a photographic lens. A lens with a larger than average maximum aperture (that is, a smaller minimum f-number) is called a "fast lens" because it can achieve the same exposu ...

, the maximum aperture or light-gathering ability of an optical system *

Transmission (mechanics) Propulsion transmission is the mode of transmitting and controlling propulsion power of a machine. The term ''transmission'' properly refers to the whole drivetrain, including clutch, gearbox, prop shaft (for rear-wheel drive vehicles), differ ...

, a gear or sprocket configuration * Independence Speed Tandem, a German paraglider design {{disambiguation, geo