Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stopping distance

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
stop-ping dis-tance
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The distance that is the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance.

Inflected Forms

Questions

What does stopping distance mean?
The distance that is the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance.

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