headroom vs headway what difference
what is difference between headroom and headway
English
Etymology
head + room
Noun
headroom (countable and uncountable, plural headrooms)
- The vertical clearance above someone’s head, as in a tunnel, doorway etc.
- The vertical measurement, top to bottom, for example for clearance under a bridge.
- (electronics) The ability of a system to reproduce loud sounds free of distortion; dynamic headroom.
- The distance between the actual performance of an algorithm and its maximum possible performance.
Translations
Anagrams
- Moorhead
English
Etymology
Partly from Middle English hauedwei, from Old English hēafodweġ (“head-road, main-road”), equivalent to head + way; partly as a shortening of ahead-way, the source of the nautical sense.
Noun
headway (countable and uncountable, plural headways)
- Movement ahead or forward.
- (nautical) Forward motion, or its rate.
- (countable, transport) 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.
- (uncountable, figuratively) Progress toward a goal.
- (countable) The clearance beneath an object, such as an arch, ceiling or bridge; headroom.
- (coal-mining) A cross-heading.
Derived terms
- make headway
Translations
See also
- seaway
References
- “headway”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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