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PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch)

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 432 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ORC-PAI
PACE (through O. Fr. pas, from Lat. passus, step, properly the stretch of the leg in walking, from pandere, to stretch) , one
movement
  of the leg in walking; hence used of the amount of ground covered by each single
movement
 , or generally of the
speed
  at which anything moves. The word is also used of a measure of distance, taken from the position of one foot to that of the other in making a single "
pace
 ," i.e. from 2'i ft. (themilitary
pace
 ) to r yard. The
Roman
  passus was reckoned from the position of the back foot at the beginning of the pace to the position of the same foot at the end of the movement, i.e. 5
Roman
  feet, 58r
English
  inches, hence the Roman mile, mille passus=1646 yards.
For pacing in
horse
 -racing see
HORSE
 -RACING.


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