Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or property of being rapid; celerity of motion or action; quickness of performance or execution; fast rate of progress or advance.
- noun Synonyms Speed, Swiftness, etc. (see
quickness ), haste, expedition, despatch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
speed ,swiftness ; the condition of beingrapid - noun physics A measure of
velocity relative to thespeed of light - noun physics A measure of the velocity of a
particle in abeam relative to the beam#saxis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rate that is rapid
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Examples
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For most, this rapidity is a problem, or an excuse.
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But this rapidity is not important for the final distribution.
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I am glad to think that Canada has recovered with so much rapidity from the effects of war.
Some After-War Problems—Unemployment, Immigration, Reparations
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Here, however, the sale is increased in rapidity more than a third.
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Flying with rapidity from the hills of Media to the marshes of the
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In the series of dactylic lines 17-22, Catullus no doubt intended to convey the idea of rapidity, as, in the spondaic line immediately following, of labour.
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In the series of dactylic lines 17-22, Catullus no doubt intended to convey the idea of rapidity, as, in the spondaic line immediately following, of labour.
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In the series of dactylic lines 17-22, Catullus no doubt intended to convey the idea of rapidity, as, in the spondaic line immediately following, of labour.
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The frequency of the waves, the rapidity, that is, with which wave follows wave, depends on the size and proximity of the plates and on the length and form of the coil which connects them.
The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force
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+ While the Byzantine Empire was at its zenith, the new faith of Islam was conquering Western Asia and the Mediterranean lands with a fiery rapidity, which is one of the marvels of history.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
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