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Definition of Rapidity
1. Noun. A rate that is rapid.
Generic synonyms: Pace, Rate
Specialized synonyms: Fleetness, Immediacy, Immediateness, Instancy, Instantaneousness, Despatch, Dispatch, Expedition, Expeditiousness, Promptitude, Promptness
Derivative terms: Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Rapid, Rapid, Rapid, Rapid, Speedy, Speedy
Definition of Rapidity
1. n. The quality or state of being rapid; swiftness; celerity; velocity; as, the rapidity of a current; rapidity of speech; rapidity of growth or improvement.
Definition of Rapidity
1. Noun. speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid ¹
2. Noun. (physics) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light ¹
3. Noun. (physics) A measure of the velocity of a particle in a beam relative to the beam#s axis ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rapidity
1. the state of being rapid [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rapidity
Literary usage of Rapidity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1902)
"A large part of the discussion consists of the description of similar " devices
for increasing the accuracy or rapidity of surveying operations," and needs ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"rapidity of Growth, Multiplicity and Anatomical Effects of Tumors rapidity of
Growth.—Some tumors grow very slowly, ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1878)
"BY ISAAC OTT, MD THE ability to measure the rapidity of nerve-force was thought
to be impossible, but Helmholtz, by means of the galvanometer, ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1842)
"Observations on the rapidity of the Pulse of the Insane.—By PLINY EARLE, MD Is
the pulse more rapid in persons afflicted with ..."
5. Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New by Conrad Malte-Brun (1825)
"... The depth and rapidity of the Nile differ in different 1X- places, and at
different seasons of the year. In its ordi- nary state, this river carries no ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"This is the rate or degree of rapidity with which a series of sounds or words or
a sentence is given. Since the various degrees of movement are but an ..."
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