Preposition: of

• knot: Due to the vessel's maximum cruising speed of 35 knots, the trip last just 22 minutes.

• mph: A moped has a maximum engine size of 50cc, with a maximum design speed of 30 mph.

Preposition: in

• excess: Generally data transmission speeds in excess of 1 Mbps.

Adjective modifier

• maximum: These movies can have a maximum speed of 60 frames per minute.

• slow: Chop the 2nd tomato into bite size pieces at slow speed stirring with the tamper.

• breakneck: Wind of ashes The early stanzas establish their breakneck speed through the device of their length.

• average: The cameras measure drivers ' average speed through a stretch of the motorway that is being resurfaced.

• high: At high speed, the rushing air tends to create a partial vacuum inside the tube.

• excessive: They seek a specific cause for each accident - driver's error, excessive speed, drunkenness, faulty brakes, bad road surface.

Modifies a noun

• limit: He'll be wanting to set speed limits next.

• camera: Do I mentally wish them toward the speed cameras?

• dating: Events will be for 23-35, 30-40 and 36-50 years. www.pressbox.co.uk Manchester Speed Dating.

• hump: Cutting a longer slot in the socket end of the coupling solved the speed hump problem.

• restriction: Speed restrictions were also put in place on the M1.

Noun used with modifier

• shutter: Night Scene mode synchronizes the flash with a slow shutter speed to properly expose subjects against a backdrop of city lights or sunset sky.

• wind: Sources are provided of extreme wind speed data in other countries.

• mph: The DfT's expectation is that 30 mph speed limits will apply on all roads that pass through villages.

• upload: Our clients have also benefited from our PureFluid technology by bonding multiple ADSL Leased Lines together to deliver significantly increased upload speeds.

• lightning: They are designed to clasp hair shafts and can move at lightning speeds when crawling through the hair.

• download: Your download speed is determined by what type of line you buy.