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headway::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clearance, headroom |
| Type of | elbow room, room, way |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | head |
| Type of | advance, progress, progression |
the ship made little headway against the gale.
Examples of headway
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Only in Michigan and California have the cases made headway in the legal system.
From the businessweek.com
I made a little headway on the book-in-progress over the weekend, which is nice.
From the scienceblogs.com
In contrast, design innovations, even clever ones, tend to make limited headway.
From the washingtonpost.com
The COIN manual, despite its critics, actually made some headway in this regard.
From the smallwarsjournal.com
I think it's going to take time before Labour can make any headway in the south.
From the guardian.co.uk
An additional 17 states are making headway, but it's not clear all will succeed.
From the bostonherald.com
The Bible as literature is not a concept that has made much headway around here.
From the time.com
The restaurant races, Alleger said, may not make much headway in the fundraising.
From the sacbee.com
As he continues his jawboning, though, he may be starting to make some headway.
From the businessweek.com
- Headroom: vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
- Forward movement; "the ship made little headway against the gale"
- Headway is a measurement of the distance/time between vehicles in a transit system. The precise definition varies depending on the application, but it is most commonly measured as the distance from the tip of one vehicle to the tip of the next one behind it, expressed as the time it will take ...
- Headway is a five piece UK britpop revival band from the town of Hucknall. At the start of 2003, in Hucknall, childhood mates, singer/guitarist, David Wright and, guitarist, Joe Watts, frustrated by a lack of ambition, split from their long time band. ...
- Forward motion, or its rate; The interval of time or distance between the fronts of two vehicles (e.g. buses) moving in succession in the same direction, especially along the same pre-determined route; Progress toward a goal; The clearance beneath an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom
- Forward motion of a boat in the water.
- The time span between service vehicles (bus or rail) on specified routes. Sometimes called frequency.
- The time interval between vehicles moving in the same direction on a particular route
- The amount of time provided between consecutive trains running on the same tracks. Safety concerns (involving signalling, block length, braking distances, etc.) put a lower bound on the headway, which in turns puts a limit on how busy a section can be.
