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pacing

pacing \pacing\ n. the speed at which a composition is to be played.

Syn: tempo.

Wiktionary
pacing

n. The act of moving in paces, or their arrangement or timing. vb. (present participle of pace English)

WordNet
pacing
  1. n. (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played [syn: tempo]

  2. walking with slow regular strides

Wikipedia
Pacing

Pacing may refer to:

Pacing (surveying)

Pacing is a reasonably easy and quick method of measuring distance in the field.1 it is used to measure a distance and is often used with a sighting or a hand compass. Most commonly, pacing is split up into segments, such as chains, which are set measures of distance. By determining one's own pace, distance can easily be estimated.

Usage examples of "pacing".

The pacing stopped, and Ruark stood half crouched, glaring at him like a cornered cat.

Harripen resumed his pacing across the deck of the schooner, and Ruark made little progress with his bonds.

If Ruark had heard her pacing the floor, then he most certainly overheard this exchange.

Rhulad said, resuming his pacing, the macabre clicking sounds of coin edges snapping together the only sound to follow his pronouncement.

Bars had begun by pacing restlessly, but his motion stilled when her first tears arrived, and eventually she found herself in the half-embrace of one of his arms, her face pressed against his neck.

Duke might be four years his senior but in his many appetites and strengths he could have been ten years his junior, and he was more than capable of pacing the floor all night in pursuit of some unspoken problem without saying a word until the palace began to rouse itself the next day.

And as for a Bethlarii attack after all this time, the Duke would have been mobilizing the army, not pacing anxiously to and fro.

To her surprise, Alviarin was pacing up and down in the hall outside, wrapped in her white-fringed shawl and hugging herself, staring at something in the unseen distance.

Lirene left no opening as she went on about Elaida s many mistakes, all the while pacing back and forth, her eyes darting and her hands twisting unconsciously.

The Cairhienin was pacing just behind the line until Mat appeared and swung down from Pips.

Birgitte realized she had begun pacing back and forth across the mosaic and stopped.

The women around Theophanu muttered to each other under their breath, pacing, fiddling with chess pieces, quite beside themselves to hear the message she had brought.

Her voice remained cool and collected, but her pacing betrayed agitation.

From our high point on the mysterious mound we could look down into the courtyard where Guinevere and Ceinwyn were pacing, and it was plain that it was Guinevere who was doing all the talking.

I remember one day we had walked to the amphitheatre and were pacing around its sandy arena when, somewhat clumsily, Guinevere tried to console me.