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FASTER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

More quickly

Synonyms:

faster; quicker

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

quick (accomplished rapidly and without delay)

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 Context examples: 

The remnant of the Larsen B Ice Shelf is flowing faster, becoming increasingly fragmented and developing large cracks.

(Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Nearing Its Final Act, NASA)

Hares and spruces are common residents of forested floodplains, but hares, being mobile, are often faster than spruce seedlings in reaching the best habitat.

(Race across the tundra: White spruce vs. snowshoe hare, National Science Foundation)

A finding indicating a faster than normal rate of development.

(Accelerated Growth, NCI Thesaurus)

IAZGP appears to have a higher water solubility and faster clearance from normal tissue than traditional imidazole tracers.

(Iodine I 124-Iodo-Azomycin Galactopyranoside, NCI Thesaurus)

Insulin glulisine gets into the blood faster than insulin when it is injected under the skin before or shortly after a meal.

(Insulin glulisine, NCI Dictionary)

Insulin aspart, acting faster than regular human insulin, regulates glucose metabolism by binding to insulin receptors on muscle and fat cells, thereby facilitating the cellular uptake of glucose.

(Insulin Aspart, NCI Thesaurus)

Microvascular density can be used to describe the proliferation speed of a tissue, with higher density indicating faster tissue growth.

(Microvascular Density, NCI Thesaurus)

Minimally invasive surgery may cause less pain, scarring, and damage to healthy tissue, and the patient may have a faster recovery than with traditional surgery.

(Minimally invasive surgery, NCI Dictionary)

The blood ran down the faster, to be sure, but I was my own master again and only tacked to the mast by my coat and shirt.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

In osteonecrosis, the lack of blood causes the bone to break down faster than the body can make enough new bone.

(Osteonecrosis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)