PACE

Pace

Pace is the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to CTA, Metra and Pace. In 2010, Pace had 35.077 million riders.

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pace

Noun

  1. Passage, route.
    1. One's journey or route.
    2. A passage through difficult terrain; a mountain pass or route vulnerable to ambush etc.
      1. An aisle in a church.
  2. Step.
    1. A step taken with the foot.
    2. The distance covered in a step (or sometimes two), either vaguely or according to various specific set measurements.
      Even at the duel, standing 10 paces apart, he could have satisfied Aaron’s honor.
      I have perambulated your field, and estimate its perimeter to be 219 paces.
  3. Way of stepping.
    1. A manner of walking, running or dancing; the rate or style of how someone moves with their feet.
      1. Any of various gaits of a horse, specifically a 2-beat, lateral gait.
  4. Speed or velocity in general.
  5. A measure of the hardness of a pitch and of the tendency of a cricket ball to maintain its speed after bouncing.
  6. The collective noun for donkeys.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Easter.

Verb

  1. Walk to and fro in a small space.
  2. Set the speed in a race.
  3. Measure by walking.

Adjective

  1. Describing a bowler who bowls fast balls.


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