rapidity
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rap·id
(răp′ĭd)adj. rap·id·er, rap·id·est
Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed. See Synonyms at fast1.
n. often rapids
An extremely fast-moving part of a river, caused by a steep descent in the riverbed.
ra·pid′i·ty (rə-pĭd′ĭ-tē), rap′id·ness (răp′ĭd-nĕs) n.
rap′id·ly adv.
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ra•pid•i•ty
(rəˈpɪd ɪ ti)also rap•id•ness
(ˈræp ɪd nɪs)n.
a rapid state or quality; swiftness.
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Noun | 1. | rapidity - a rate that is rapid pace, rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" fleetness - rapidity of movement; "fleetness of foot" immediateness, instancy, instantaneousness, immediacy - the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication" expeditiousness, despatch, dispatch, expedition - the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" promptitude, promptness - the characteristic of doing things without delay |
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rapidity
noun speed, swiftness, promptness, speediness, rush, hurry, expedition, dispatch, velocity, haste, alacrity, quickness, briskness, fleetness, celerity, promptitude, precipitateness the rapidity with which the weather can change
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rapidity
nounRapidness of movement or activity:
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Translations
سُرْعَه
rychlost
hurtighed
hraîi, snarleiki
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rapidity
n → Schnelligkeit f; (of action, movement also) → Raschheit f; (of improvement, change, spread also) → Rapidheit f; (of decline, rise) → Steilheit f
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rapid
(ˈrӕpid) adjective quick; fast. He made some rapid calculations; He looked feverish and had a rapid pulse.
ˈrapidly adverbraˈpidity noun
ˈrapidness noun
ˈrapids noun plural
a place in a river where the water flows quickly, often having dangerous rocks in mid-stream.
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rapidity
n. rapidez, velocidad.
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