FASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does faster mean? 

• FASTER (adverb)
  The adverb FASTER has 1 sense:

1. more quickly

  Familiarity information: FASTER used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FASTER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

More quickly

Synonyms:

faster; quicker

Pertainym:

quick (accomplished rapidly and without delay)

 Context examples 

When there are three such black holes interacting, a pair should merge into a larger black hole much faster than if the two were alone.

(Three Black Holes on Collision Course, NASA)

The authors of the paper plan to develop a simpler, faster, more sensitive test that could be used at the point of care during a single visit to a healthcare provider.

(Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease, National Institutes of Health)

Some are more massive and rotate faster than others.

(NuSTAR sees rare blurring of black hole light, NASA)

The team found that as temperatures increase, trees grow faster, but they also tend to die younger.

(Amount of carbon stored in forests reduced as climate warms, University of Cambridge)

The rotation rate of 10:33:38 that the analysis yielded is several minutes faster than previous estimates in 1981, which were based on radio signals from NASA's Voyager spacecraft.

(Scientists Finally Know What Time It Is on Saturn, NASA)

Recent advances, however, have made whole-genome sequencing faster and less expensive.

(Algal Virus Infects, Affects Humans, NIH)

Asia's mountain glaciers flow from the cold heights of the world's tallest mountains down to warmer climate zones, where they melt much faster, feeding major rivers such as the Indus and Yangtze.

(NASA Finds Asian Glaciers Slowed by Ice Loss, NASA)

In periods of drought, more water evaporates from lakes such as Chichancanab, and because the lighter isotopes of water evaporate faster, the water becomes heavier.

(Scientists measure severity of drought during the Maya collapse, University of Cambridge)

This is faster than has previously been possible.

(World's Fastest Film Camera, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Away ran Catherine, and away ran the dog across the field: but he ran faster than she, and stuck close to the steak.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)