rapidity (noun)

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• rapidity — rapid ► ADJECTIVE ▪ happening in a short time or at great speed. ► NOUN (usu. rapids) ▪ a fast flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river. DERIVATIVES rapidity noun rapidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin rapidus, from rapere take by force …   English terms dictionary

• rapidity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ alarming, amazing, astonishing, bewildering, great, remarkable ▪ The styles change with bewildering rapidity. ▪ increasing …   Collocations dictionary

• rapidity — noun Date: 1654 the quality or state of being rapid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• rapidity — noun a) speed, swiftness; the condition of being rapid b) A measure of velocity relative to the speed of light …   Wiktionary

• rapidity — noun a rate that is rapid (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑celerity, ↑quickness, ↑rapidness, ↑speediness • Derivationally related forms: ↑speedy (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• rapidity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, celerity, dispatch; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidness, speed,… …   English dictionary for students

• rapidity — /rəˈpɪdəti/ (say ruh piduhtee) noun rapid state or quality …  

• rape — 1 verb (T) to force someone to have sex, especially by using violence: Burgess will be in court today, accused of raping a fifteen year old girl. 2 noun 1 (C, U) the crime of forcing someone to have sex, especially by using violence: He was… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• rapid — adjective happening in a short time or at great speed. noun (usu. rapids) a fast flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river. Derivatives rapidity noun rapidly adverb rapidness noun Origin C17: from L. rapidus, from rapere take by force …   English new terms dictionary

• rapid — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ happening in a short time or at great speed. ► NOUN (usu. rapids) ▪ a fast flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river. DERIVATIVES rapidity noun rapidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin rapidus, from rapere take by force …   English terms dictionary

• rapidly — rapid ► ADJECTIVE ▪ happening in a short time or at great speed. ► NOUN (usu. rapids) ▪ a fast flowing and turbulent part of the course of a river. DERIVATIVES rapidity noun rapidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin rapidus, from rapere take by force …   English terms dictionary